Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State, claims he is not a politician who likes to fake, as some of his colleagues do.
El-Rufai recently criticized his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), for losing its core ideals and encouraging weak leadership.
El-Rufai remarked this on Saturday while thanking an X user who praised him for his book, ‘Accidental Public Servant.’
The X user added that after reading the book, he was sure that only a politician sincerely committed to the country’s development would have El-Rufai in his cabinet.
“The day I read El-Rufai’s book titled Accidental Public Servant, I concluded that no politician would want @elrufai in their cabinet unless they genuinely intend to develop this country. He doesn’t know how to pretend,” the user wrote.
In his reaction to the post, El-Rufai said he doesn’t pretend, adding that “being a Nollywood actor” in governance is not for him but for some other politicians.
“Thanks for your kind words, @irahabib. Truly, I don’t know how to pretend. Being a Nollywood actor in governance is for some others, not some of us. Have a nice day. – @elrufai”
Earlier, El-Rufai criticized his party the All Progressives Congress (APC) stating, “I no longer recognise the APC. No party organ has met in two years—no caucus, no NEC, nothing. You don’t even know if it is a one-man show; it’s a zero-man show.”
“You cannot afford to have illiterates, semi-illiterates, and cunning people as your leaders. This is why we end up with the poor leadership we have today,” he said.
El-Rufai’s criticism of the APC had prompted the Special Adviser on Policy Communication to President Bola Tinubu, Daniel Bwala to ask him if he would have expressed the same view if he were a cabinet member in Tinubu’s government.
“My Senior brother, if you were to be in the government and cabinet, would you have held and expressed the same position? History is replete with examples. It is a government you participated in its formation, that you now want to unseat,” he said.
The former FCT Minister responded to Bwala, saying: “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.”
