According to him” The former Kaduna governor’ s feeling entitled to a role in President Tinubu’s government, he was unable to pass the necessary security clearance, leading to his rejection by the Senate. Since then, he has carried himself like a man scorned, unleashing a barrage of unfounded criticisms and engaging in political brinkmanship.
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This was contained in a statement signed by an Aid to the Honourable Minister of State Ministry of Housing & Urban Development Federal Republic of Nigeria,Comrade ,Seyi Olorunsola a copy made available to press on Friday in Kano
However, this move was long anticipated, given his history of political opportunism and self-serving maneuvers.
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He added that Mallam El-Rufai had recently claimed, as reported in the media, that the President was responsible for the division and crisis in the opposition parties of PDP, SDP, and LP in order to gain political capital heading into the next election cycle
This assertion, to say the least, is the height of ignorance on the part of Mallam El-Rufai about who President Tinubu is.
Here is a man who has been loyal to his political base and had never been known to decamp from his political roots but instead formed coalitions with other legacy parties to create the APC
. To think that such a man, who masterminded the upstaging of an incumbent party in 2015 and went on to work with then-President Buhari to ensure stability in the APC for those eight years before eventually becoming President through hard work and persuasive power, would now seek to cause division in other parties to his own disadvantage is simply illogical.
The APC and the Tinubu administration will not be swayed by El-Rufai’s antics. We urge Nigerians to remain focused on the progress being made under President Tinubu’s leadership and to disregard the distractions posed by political actors whose time has passed.
The government will continue to deliver on its promises, ensuring that the mandate given by the Nigerian people is fully realized.