Kogi Senator Moves Against El-Rufai During Ministerial Screening, Details Emerge
- Former Kaduna State Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai appeared before the Nigerian Senate for ministerial screening on Tuesday, August 1
- During the screening, Senator Sunday Karimi moved against El-Rufai with a notice of a petition against the former governor
- Karimi said the petition is against El-Rufai over insecurity issues in Southern Kaduna while he was governor
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FCT, Abuja - Senator Sunday Karimi, representing Kogi West, tackled former Kaduna State Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai during the ministerial screening on Tuesday, August 1.
Raising a brown envelope, Karimi said he had a petition written against El-Rufai over the issue of insecurity in Southern Kaduna while he was governor, The Punch reported.
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Karimi raises petition against El-Rufai over insecurity in Kaduna during ministerial screening
According to Vanguard, Karimi had a strong petition against El-Rufai and should be considered in the screening exercise.
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“Your performance in any office you found yourself in this country has been outstanding, In BPE, your record is there, In FCT as a minister, your record is there, and as a two-time governor of Kaduna state;
“…you did well but I have a very strong petition against you, and that borders on security, unity, and cohesiveness of Nigerian nation, and I think that petition should be considered along in this screening exercise.”
Senate President Godswill Akpabio, however, refused to take the petition against El-Rufai.
Akpabio said petitions were submitted against a number of the ministerial nominees.
He said:
“This is not the place to consider petitions, we will sit with the petitions later and refer them to relevant authorities.
“Please, take a bow, my brother.”
Ministerial Screening: Islamic scholars reject El-Rufai’s nomination, give reason
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that a coalition of Quranic Reciters, memorisers and learners has rejected former Kaduna state Governor Nasir El-Rufai, as a minister, urging the Nigerian Senate and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to yank his name off the list.
At a press conference in Bauchi on Sunday, July 28, the director of education for the Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi Foundation, Sheikh Sidi Ali, appealed to Tinubu to remove El-Rufai’s name from the list.
Old video of El-Rufai saying it’s unfair to return as minister after 20 years surfaces online
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.
In the viral video, El-Rufai discussed with some unidentified people in the Hausa language.
Senate accuses Tinubu's ministerial nominee of age discrepancy
The Nigerian Senate has accused a ministerial nominee from Benue state, Professor Joseph Utsev, of age discrepancy.
Utsev was one of the 28 ministerial nominees President Bola Ahmed Tinubu submitted to the senate for screening and confirmation on Thursday, July 31.
Shehu Sani reacts to El-Rufai’s ministerial nomination
The former senator of Kaduna Central District, Shehu Sani, has shared his opinion regarding President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's 28-man list of ministerial nominees submitted to the Nigerian Senate on Thursday, July 27.
Sani disclosed that the immediate past governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai, among the ministerial nominees by President Tinubu, is a "tragedy."
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