El-Rufai has finally revealed that President Tinubu stopped him from becoming a Minister and not the NASS.
NewsOnline Nigeria reports that Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State has stated that he was not rejected by the National Assembly as a ministerial nominee.
Speaking on Tuesday during an interview on Arise TV’s Prime Time, El-Rufai said President Bola Tinubu simply “changed his mind on the nomination”.
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He said in an interview on Arise TV:
“The president begged me publicly to come and serve in his government. After two months of negotiations, we finally agreed that he would nominate me as minister. I think along the line, either the president changed his mind. Please don’t believe the story that the NASS rejected me; the National Assembly has nothing to do with this. The president didn’t want me in his cabinet.”
