BEVERLY HILLS, April 08, (THEWILL) – The Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai has revealed that had it not been for President Muhammadu Buhari, he would not have become Governor, as he does not consider himself “nice” enough to govern the state.
Speaking while performing the closing ceremony of the 2-day Economic Summit for investors interested in doing business in the state, El-Rufai noted that he was dragged into contesting the last governorship election in Kaduna by Buhari.
He explained that the then presidential hopeful on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, forced him to vie for the Kaduna governorship in retaliation of his (El-Rufai’s) persuasion of Buhari to join the 2015 presidential race.
According to him, “I want to pay tribute to President Muhammadu Buhari who ensured that I became the governor of Kaduna State. It was President Muhammadu Buhari that forced me to contest for the governorship race of Kaduna State in revenge for persuading him to run the presidential race.
“If he had not asked me to run for the governorship, I wouldn’t have stood before you today as the governor of Kaduna State.
“It is the Buhari phenomenon that had swept away the PDP. Buhari is a man of integrity, a Nigerian leader whose name has not been found in the Panama documents.
“The president inherited 16 years of impunity, and it will take time to clean it up, so, all Nigerians need to be patient with him. And, with the quality of leaders we have in the country, Nigeria will take its rightful place in the comity of nations.
“I wonder why people still refer to me as a nice governor even when I demolished their houses. I am not a nice governor.
“I thank the people of Kaduna State for voting for us. We did not pay kobo to get those votes, if it were in those days without the card reader, we would have lost the election.
“I promise you, we will keep working until we make this state a better place for you.”
