Old Video of El-Rufai Saying It’s Unfair to Return as Minister After 20 Years Surfaces Online
- Former Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, was nominated as a minister by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
- El-Rufai's name came as a surprise to some Nigerians who have watched the former governor say it is unfair for him to return as a minister 20 years after serving as FCT minister
- The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio read out the names of the 28 ministerial nominees on Thursday, July 27
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An old video of former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, is currently trending on social media for saying it is unfair to return as minister 20 years after serving as FCT minister.
As reported by Daily Trust, in the viral video, El-Rufai was discussing with some unidentified people in the Hausa language.
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El-Rufai was FCT minister between 2003 to 2007
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday, July 27, submitted El-Rufai’s name and 27 others as ministerial nominees to the Nigerian Senate for screening and confirmation.
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This is coming 17 years after El-Rufai left Abuja as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister.
The former governor served as FCT minister at the age of 43, from 2003 to 2007 under the Olusegun Obasanjo administration.
“You became a minister at forty-three and after twenty years then you become a minister at sixty-three? What of your children and younger brothers? Will they not become ministers? Is the position meant for you alone? I don’t like this. Let go of this topic.
“Thank God I was lucky that I became Minister of Abuja when I was forty-three-old. Next year I will clock sixty-three. Then I will go back. So, nobody among my younger brothers and children is capable of becoming a minister? You fail when you fail to train those to succeed you. I have trained a lot of people who are capable of succeeding in many areas.”
Video of PDP's Nyesom Wike Boasting Trends: "I Will Not Be a Minister"
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that following his nomination as a minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the immediate past governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, is trending online.
Many social media users are discussing Wike, basically due to the fact he said in August 2022 that he is not interested in being a minister.
Why Wike, El-Rufai should not be ministers, prominent human rights lawyer reveals
The National Legal Adviser of the African Action Congress (AAC), Inibehe Effiong, said he does not believe former Rivers and Kaduna state governors, Nyesom Wike and Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, should be ministers.
Effiong said a large number of the 28 ministerial nominees of President Bola Tinubu were career politicians and he find the list uninspiring.
E-Rufai may emerge as Tinubu's minister of power
The immediate former Kaduna state governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has reportedly made the ministerial list of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
A Senate source said President Tinubu forwarded the list to Senate President Godswill Akpabio this morning to beat the constitutional 60 days deadline.
Source: Legit.ng
