Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has fired back at critics, particularly Daniel Bwala, who questioned his stance on President Tinubu’s government.
In a scathing response, El-Rufai in a tweet on Thursday, clarified that he had explicitly declined any position in Tinubu’s government 22 years ago, and therefore, found it laughable that others were making an issue out of something he never wanted.
El-Rufai, who was a cabinet minister 22 years ago, emphasized that if he had remained in the Tinubu government, he would have spoken out against the party’s and government’s shortcomings, just as he did in the past.
He urged critics to review his public service record from 1998 to understand his commitment to accountability.
The former governor also took a swipe at “latter-day converts” to the Tinubu government, accusing them of being “political mercenaries” who defend the government’s actions without question, in exchange for hefty monthly stipends.
He said:
“Good morning, @BwalaDaniel. I was cabinet minster 22 years ago, and was clear to Asiwaju that I was not interested in any position in his future government. The pathetic manner all of you latter-day converts to the Tinubu government make an issue of something that I never wanted in the first place is perhaps a reflection of the level of your moral flexibility.
“If I had remained in the Tinubu government, I will say or do the same on the tragedy within a party I was a founder, and the government that emerged from it – first in private sessions with those concerned, and then go public if no remedial actions are taken. Go and check my public service record from 1998.
“I am only responding to you because I still think you are a decent person who may need a job, and not in the class of Wendell Simlin and that Kaduna pretender that our voters retired in 2019 – these clowns are political mercenaries that receive humongous monthly stipends from the security vote to be the first to jump on X and other platforms to defend everything the Asiwaju government does or fails to do, no matter how indefensible it may be.
“Enjoy your special adviser position, my brother, but remember that allegiance to God and country comes first in human scale of accountability, before any person or authority. – @elrufai
