The government of Bola Ahmed Tinubu has faced criticism after posting misleading statistics on infrastructure projects, which were later deleted from X (formerly Twitter) following public backlash.
The controversy stems from a post shared on September 1, 2025, from Tinubu’s official X account, @officialABAT, featuring an infographic titled “Infrastructure Equity for Every Region” under the Renewed Hope Agenda.
It claimed the North West region received the largest allocation — over ₦5.97 trillion — highlighting multiple road projects.
Among them was the Zaria–Hunkuyi Road, listed as 156 kilometers long. Users quickly pointed out the discrepancy: the actual distance between Zaria and Hunkuyi is less than 25 km.
Reacting to the post, Aliyu ATK (@AliyuKwarbai) wrote: “Zaria-Hunkuyi 156km… Actually distance is 15km. A big cash out, who is the contractor? And who are the thieves? Cc @officialABAT.”
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The post went viral, prompting criticism over alleged exaggeration of project data.
The infographic also highlighted other major projects, including the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway, Sokoto–Badagry Superhighway, Abuja–Kaduna–Kano Expressway, and the Trans-Saharan Highway, aiming to show balanced regional development.
Further checks show that the Zaria–Hunkuyi Road figure was misleading.
Critics say the listed 156 km does not reflect the actual distance, raising questions about accuracy and transparency in infrastructure reporting.
As of press time, no official clarification has been provided regarding the deleted infographic.
The incident underscores growing public demand for clarity and honesty in government reporting on multi-trillion-naira projects under the Renewed Hope Agenda.
Another user by the handle @dawisu further amplified the misleading points in the tweet.
He tweeted: “What a shameless and cheap lying post to have emanated from the handle of the president.
NORTH WEST:
– You added 4 projects from North Central and North East to those of North West to make it look huge. (Bama-Dikwa Road and Damaturu-Maiduguri Road are in the North East, while Lokoja-Okene and Benue are in the North Central).
– The Abuja-Kaduna-Kano project awarded to Infoquest is at N250 billion, but you’re writing N764 billion (which was the cost Julius Berger demanded and you revoked it) in order to inflate the figures deliberately.
– Under North West, you wrote Kano-Maiduguri Road, and then the same project is repeated under North West and again under North East as Damaturu-Maiduguri.
– That Kano Northern bypass is still a an audio project, nothing has commenced on the ground, and lack of funding is also affecting the Abuja-Kaduna project, which is still within Zuba to Dukku Junction (it hasn’t reached Jere in 7 months). In the same way, lack of funding is affecting the Sokoto-Badagry project.
SOUTH WEST:
– You excluded projects in Lagos from the list of the South West, mentioning only 4 to make it seem less, and yet 3 out of the 4 you listed are still part of Lagos projects, including the bridges you listed.
NORTH EAST AND SOUTH EAST:
– You shamefully wrote a mere N400Billion for the entire North East and another N400Billion for the South East. With the North Central getting N1 Trillion only. By this account, aren’t you corroborating the lopsidedness of the spread of your projects?
It’s one thing for your aides and appointees to lie. It’s another thing when your official handle is posting such erroneous and false infographics.
Utterly disgusting and disappointing!”
