“If the Senate President is feeling like he’s in London, it could be maybe the London of his own immediate environment,” Dalung stated in an ARISE NEWS interview on Friday. He acknowledged ongoing construction in Abuja, as evidenced by increasing traffic jams, but argued that development should be measured by improvements in essential services, not infrastructure alone.
“In Abuja, I know there is no water. Most people support themselves with private initiatives through boreholes. The school system here, the public schools, is not different from any part of Nigeria,” he stated. He further questioned the focus on road dualisation projects, arguing that they primarily benefit the elite. “How many Nigerians have vehicles?… Development should be what touches the general well-being of the people.”
