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Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has said that he would have resigned if he had been appointed a minister in President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
El-Rufai made the assertion in an interview with Channels TV on Sunday.
According to him, serving as a minister under President Tinubu was never his ambition, stating that Tinubu had begged him to join the cabinet but “later changed his mind.”
“I would have probably resigned if I was a minister in Tinubu’s government.
“I have no desire to be a minister. I don’t care what people are saying now. I have been a minister when I was much younger,” he said.
El-Rufai was nominated as Minister of Power but reportedly failed to pass security screening.
The former governor also asserted that the country’s power sector would have been significantly transformed if he had been appointed Minister of Power.
He disclosed this during a Channels Television programme on Sunday.
According to him, having been part of those who formed the APC, he knows what is required to retire the ruling party.
“We formed the APC; we know where the dead body is buried. Some of them, like Atiku, know where the PDP’s dead body is buried.
“Together we can face APC. We don’t need to have totally different people from nowhere to challenge APC,” he said.
El-Rufai decried that the economy and security are worse off under President Tinubu.
The Eastern Updates reports El-Rufai, Atiku Abubakar, former governor of Rivers State Rotimi Amaechi and others recently pulled their weight behind the African Democratic Congress as an opposition coalition to unseat President Tinubu.
