Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has denied claims that the National Assembly rejected his ministerial nomination.
In August 2023, the Senate delayed El-Rufai’s confirmation as a minister, citing security concerns raised in reports from the Department of State Services (DSS).
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However, during an interview on Arise TV on Monday, El-Rufai clarified that it was President Bola Tinubu who ultimately decided against his appointment. According to him, Tinubu simply “changed his mind on the nomination.”
“After serving for eight years as governor of Kaduna state, I had my plans. The President publicly appealed to me to put my plans on hold and after sometime we finally agreed that he would nominate me as a minister, and there were certain conditions I attached to that. I think along the line, either the president changed his mind or something else.
“Please, don’t believe the story that the National Assembly rejected me. The President didn’t want me in his cabinet, he changed his mind. Whatever it is, frankly, I don’t care,” he said.
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