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Former governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi has asserted that he and his Kaduna state counterpart, Nasir El-Rufai will play a major role in the government of President Bola Tinubu.
Umahi stated this in an interview with Arise Television on Saturday.
The former governor said Tinubu can’t leave him and El-Rufai because they worked for his emergence as president.
Umahi maintained that due to his loyalty, El-Rufai will play a major role in Tinubu’s government despite his recent anti-Christian comments.
The Senator-elect stressed that the president will not distance himself from people who worked for his victory during the election.
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He said, ‘So be assured that Mr President is not going to leave out people like El-Rufai and the rest of us who worked very hard for him.
“You can see his track records. He doesn’t betray anybody. So be very much assured that my good friend El-Rufai is going to play a major role.
‘I’m not speaking for Mr President, but I’m speaking bearing in mind the character of him I know too well,’ he said.
In another report, Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru has declared that there is no amount of gossip or attempt to cause a crisis between him and the former Governor Umahi, will never work.
Nwifuru said that the appointment of political office holders in his administration will be based on profession, and not by friendship.
He made this known while addressing stakeholders and citizens of Ebonyi State during the post-inauguration thanksgiving, held at Saint Emmanuel Catholic Parish, Edukwachi, Izzi Local Government Area.
Nwifuru narrated how he rose from a bus conductor to a bricklayer, to a foreman, to a PDP assistant secretary, to a speaker of Ebonyi State House of Assembly for eight years, and now to a governor.
