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El-Rufai Slams Tinubu Government as Nigeria’s Most Failed Administration

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Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has launched a scathing attack on President Bola Tinubu’s administration, labeling it the most corrupt and dishonest in Nigeria’s political history. In a fresh round of criticism, El-Rufai accused the federal government of thriving on false propaganda, particularly in its handling of the country’s worsening security crisis. He described the administration as “the most lying government” and questioned its credibility on key national issues. Addressing reporters, El-Rufai challenged the narrative that things were improving under the Tinubu-led government. “Can you afford three square meals? Can your salary buy what it used to two years ago?” he asked, highlighting the deteriorating economic situation. He insisted that the government had failed to offer practical solutions to the root causes of insecurity and had instead resorted to misinformation. “They announce that security has improved while notorious bandits like Dogo Gide, Mallam Abba, and Bello Turji are still at large,” he stated. He criticized the government for inflating claims of success in the fight against terrorism and banditry, arguing that most high-profile criminals remained active. “How many local governments in Katsina, Zamfara, and Sokoto are under bandit control?” he queried. El-Rufai warned that ignoring these realities amounted to a dangerous delusion. “You are free to engage in your grand delusion, but when you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth,” he said. On his past support for Tinubu, El-Rufai distanced himself from the federal administration, stating that while he had campaigned for the president as the APC candidate, he was never part of his government. “From 2015 to 2023, I was focused on my duties as governor of Kaduna State. I can only account for what I did there. I was not involved in the running of the federal government,” he clarified. El-Rufai also revealed his efforts to rebuild the Social Democratic Party (SDP), which he described as a party with a credible history but in need of revitalization. “We have to build it from the ground up, just like we did with the APC,” he said. He affirmed his commitment to challenging what he called tyranny, incompetence, and grand corruption. Responding to comments from the APC national chairman that Tinubu cannot be unseated in 2027, El-Rufai replied, “Silence is the best answer.” He concluded by expressing hope that Nigerians would rise to reject bad governance and hold leaders accountable, emphasizing his visit to Katsina was both to offer condolences and to consult with SDP leaders on the party’s future.

President Tinubu congratulates El-Rufai on 65th birthday

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President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai on his 65th birthday. Mallam El-Rufai is an administrator, scholar, and politician. He is a founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and highly regarded for his resourcefulness and brilliance. He served as governor of Kaduna State for eight years, and prior to elective office, he had served as Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) from 2003 to 2007. President Tinubu celebrated Mallam El-Rufai on this occasion and commends his endeavours for democracy; his meritorious service to the nation, and mentorship of the younger generation. The President acknowledged Mallam El-Rufai’s role in the dialogues leading up to the formation of the APC and his contributions to the success of the party in the three consecutive elections of 2015, 2019, and 2023. President Tinubu wished El-Rufai good health and strength for continuous service to the nation.

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2027: South West, Tinubu’s supporters playing with fire – Part 2

Our Reporters2 months ago2 months ago03 mins

By Mallam Nasir El-Rufai Driven by ego and the arrogance of power, these South South and PDP elements increasingly and I dare add naively went against the North, where the PDP still had considerable influence and support then, in the most condescending manner and in so doing gradually lost the support of the North to the advantage of Buhari and the APC coalition. The rest, as they say, is history. Today, as I Iook at the rambunctiousness of some APC members and fellow supporters of President Bola Tinubu, especially from the south west geopolitical zone, I wonder if people have any sense of history and if they truly understand Nigerian politics. I read some people say that President Tinubu is not former President Jonathan, Jagaban is a political juggernaut and master strategist, etc. All that I totally agree with. No question whatsoever. However, politics is not a one champion show. While fPGEJ lacked equivalent political gravitas and sophistication (with all due respect to him) as PBAT, he had the then formidable PDP behemoth which could have actually seen him through but for the grievous ‘political mistake’ of messing with the North. Love or loathe that fact, the North remains the kingmaker in Nigerian politics, at least, as of today. Any politician or political party that plays with that reality might pay a steep political price for it. People who ignore history are bound to fall victim and to repeat mistakes of the past. I just want to prod our political senses, in case some of us are forgetting, in the euphoria of tribal and geopolitical politics. I hope better sense will prevail and soon too. It is whom you love that you chastise. In all, I continue to wish PBAT and my party, the APC well. With almost exactly two years to the month to the 2027 general elections, let’s focus and continue to deliver the promised dividends of democracy to Nigerians. GodBlessNigeria

2027: South West, Tinubu’s supporters playing with fire -Part 1

Our Reporters2 months ago2 months ago06 mins

By Mallam Nasir El-Rufai It is actually premature to be talking about 2027 elections less than 2 years into our first tenure, but what is happening in the political arena is forcing me to speak to it, for as they say, ‘a stitch in time saves nine’. As an APC member, I naturally would want my party to win re-election in 2027. However, as a realist, I have my concerns. I recall that during the 2019 party Primaries, when I saw the way our party was handling the Primaries, I wrote that if the party wasn’t careful, it could go the way of the PDP which lost power after 16 years. I predicted then that if we didn’t return to our promised progressive path and ideology and instead stayed obsessed with just winning elections at any and all cost, just like the PDP, we could lose power at the federal level by 2031. When I wrote that, we were not faced with the current situation we are faced with. Indeed, I never imagined that we would be in the current situation any time soon, surely not under President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Note: I am not talking about the present economic situation and the likes. I am talking about the current and increasing ‘ghaghagha’ in our party and among APC members and supporters of the PBAT administration. Incidentally, many Nigerians have a short memory. Permit me to juggle the memories of some short memoried and uninitiated political neophytes. Many will recall that, as we approached the 2023 presidential election, with the conduct of some individuals, I desperately cautioned that we should be careful and not play with the North. Somehow, common sense prevailed, and we succeeded, unarguably and undeniably with the unquantifiable help of the North (the records of the election results prove so). Less than 2 years into the tenure, we are witnesses to how the relationship between the North and President Bola Tinubu or rather his administration is quickly deteriorating, driven by the words and conduct of unfortunately, many from the President’s geopolitical zone and tribe. Truth be told. I have read and heard the arrogant posturing and braggadacio by some people who I refer to as political rabble rousers, but I get more worried each day as it keeps looking more and more like a movie we had seen before. May I remind some persons that, more than the performance or lack thereof of the President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan administration, it was his attitude, and that of people around him, towards the North that ultimately brought him down and by extension the PDP that had boasted that it would rule Nigeria for 60 years. In the lead up to the 2015 Presidential election, inspite of the popularity of General Muhammadu Buhari Rtd and the gathering of political heavyweights under the umbrella of the then newly formed APC, one key factor that led to former President Jonathan and the PDP losing that election was underestimating the North and the disrespect and insult directed towards to North, notably led by the then first lady and accentuated by elements from the South South geopolitical zone and particularly his Ijaw kinsmen, many of them with little or no political weight and many of whom were living full time in NICON and Sheraton hotels Abuja then (with newly found free money). Funny enough, many of these individuals contributed little or nothing to Jonathan’s victory in 2011. Indeed, many of them forgot that it was the agitation by groups like the Save Nigeria Group (SNG), spearheaded by the likes of Pastor Tunde Bakare, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, Mr Yinka Odumakin (RIP) and co that eventually led to then VP Goodluck Jonathan becoming the acting President in the first place following the incapacitation of former President Shehu Musa Yaradua (God rest his soul).