Kaduna State governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has said the trend of powerful state governors sending their list of ministerial choices from their states to the president, was bucked this time.
El-Rufai disclosed this at a town hall meeting held at the Kaduna International Trade Fair Complex on Saturday.
“Before we were elected as governors, we advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to allow any governor to nominate minister for him because if he allows that they will nominate somebody of their choice and not that of the president’s choice.
“The president heeded that advice.
“And there are some people who appeared on the face as APC, but right inside them they are PDP. We know those who did anti-party. And they didn’t vote for us but they went to get houses close to Buhari in Abuja for nomination.
“So President Buhari single-handedly nominated Zainab (ministerial nominee from Kaduna State).”
El-Rufai also had tough words for those who allege that his appointments have been skewed thus far.
According to him, “It was what you voted that you got because we are aware that there are people who did not vote for us, in fact, they worked against us. But now they claim to be APC members and loyal to the party. We know such people. And so there is no way they would expect anything from us.
“You didn’t vote us but you want appointments. What you will get is zero. It is politics and in whatever we do there is politics.”
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