Former
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nasir el-Rufai, has
described the President Goodluck Jonathan as petty and incompetent.
The chief of the All Progressives
Congress also believed the Jonathan-led government has reduced Nigeria
to a laughing stock in the comity of nations.
“Unfortunately we have a president who
is petty. When God has elevated you to the position of being the
President, how can you stoop so low as to be concerned about who becomes
the Emir of one part of the country which you govern,” said El-Rufai on
Tuesday in an interview with SaharaTV, while responding to a question
on the insinuation that President was against Mallam Lamido Sanusi being
installed as the Emir of Kano.
El-Rufai argued that all these happened
because someone had the courage to say money was being stolen from the
country’s treasury and calling on the authorities to investigate and
people asked to account for it.
He added, “When God is set to elevate
you, no one can bring you down. Whether Jonathan likes it or not, Sanusi
is the Emir of Kano.”
El-Rufai debunked reports on the Internet that the new Emir had apologised to Jonathan, describing the report as false.
Full interview on SaharaTV
He said, “Sanusi that I know will not
beg anyone for anything when he is right. There is nothing Sanusi has
done in office that is not proper, and there is nothing Jonathan could
have done to stop him from being the Emir, since the kingmakers had
already recommended him, and the governor has appointed him.”
On the issue of the abducted Chibok
girls, El-Rufai said, “If Nasir el-Rufai is involved in Boko Haram, what
are they waiting for? Arrest and prosecute me.”
He claimed that the Presidency was full of “liars. They only know how to point fingers to anyone for their incompetence.”
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The former FCT minister added, “Instead
of sitting down and solving problems, they blame others to divert
attention from their incompetence. The primary responsibility of any
government is to provide security. They have failed woefully. They are
focusing on blaming people. If you know who is behind terrorism in APC,
you are the government, you have security agencies, you have
intelligence agencies, you have the army and the police. Then what
are you waiting for?”
El-Rufai further challenged the present
administration to fix the current security challenges in the nation or
risk being “crucified” by the opposition.
