El-Rufai Rates President Tinubu’s Performance After 6 Weeks in Office
- Former Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has commended the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
- El-Rufai said President Tinubu has demonstrated why leadership should be on merit and not sentiments
- He encouraged Nigerians to move away from the primordial ethnoreligious perception when it comes to the issue of national leadership
Lagos state - The immediate former Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has finally rated the performance of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his first six weeks in office.
El-Rufai said Tinubu’s administration has shown, since assuming office on Monday, May 29, that leadership should be based on merit and not entitlement, TheCable reported.
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He stated this on Sunday, July 9, while speaking at the launch of an autobiography and retirement programme of Ishaq Akintola, a Lagos State University (LASU) professor.
He said Nigerians must drop their primordial ethnoreligious perception when it concerns national leadership.
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“As a people, the earlier we distill ourselves from the primordial ethno-religious perception of things, especially as it concerns national leadership, the better for us.
“The way with which the present administration at the centre is changing things for the common good of the Nigerian people within a short period shows that leadership should be hinged on merit and not entitlement.
“We must de-emphasise religion and ethnic colouration for us to build a society where no one should be discriminated upon on the basis of ethnic nationality, religion or political leaning.
“As members of the two major religious groups in the country, if we find ourselves in public positions, we should ensure we practice the basic principles of leadership as encapsulated in both Christian and Islamic religions.
“Both religions espouse the culture of good leadership, but some individual persons tend to do that which is at variance with the scriptures.”
El-Rufai, Ganduje to make President Bola Tinubu's ministerial List? Former governor opens up
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the immediate past governors of Kano and Kaduna states, Abdullahi Umaru Ganduje and Nasir El-Rufai, respectively, may not get a place in the cabinet of President Bola Tinubu.
If a report by Vanguard newspaper on Thursday, June 22, is anything to go by, President Tinubu prefers technocrats to ex-governors or leaders of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).
APC chieftain rates Tinubu's performance, reveals when ministerial list will be released
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Akweke Francis Okoye, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for hitting the ground running after assuming office on Monday, May 29.
Okoye said President Tinubu has lived up to expectations in fulling his Renewed Hope Mandate campaign promises to Nigerians in the last month.
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