Nigeria, March 31 -- A son of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has attacked his father's successor, Uba Sani, over his complaint about the loans burden he inheritted from Mr El-Rufai.

Governor Sani said his administration was finding it difficult to pay workers' salaries because of the repayment of the state' huge debts.

The governor said the administration inherited $587 million, N85 billion, and 115 contractual liabilities from the administration of Mr El-Rufai.

Mr Sani lamented that due to the rise in the exchange rate, the state is now paying back almost triple what was borrowed by the previous administration.

In an apparent reaction to Mr Sani's remark, the son of the former governor, Bello El-Rufai, in a tweet on X sa...