Bashir said that instead of admitting its incompetence, the Uba Sani administration has resorted to raising alarm on a debt burden inherited from Governor El-Rufai administration. He was reacting to claims by Sani that he inherited a huge debt burden of $587m, N85bn and 115 contractual liabilities from the El-Rufai's administration, making it difficult for him to pay workers’ salaries. Governor Sani disclosed this during a town hall meeting on Saturday in Kaduna.
Responding, Bashir posted on X: “These guys have realised that they are wholly incompetent and the only way to mask the nonsense is to deflect. 'From a Governor that is always sleeping in Abuja to a litany of incompetent aides that were only rewarded for foolish political reasons.” On the debt profile of the state, he responded: “FYI: He was the Senator from Kaduna who lobbied and approved the loans.