Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has taken a swipe at his successor, Governor Uba Sani for supporting President Bola Tinubu over what he described as personal gains.
El-Rufai in a post on X alleged that Sani’s unwavering support for Tinubu was linked to over N150bn in federal reimbursements received by Kaduna State in the past 18 months.
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“Every day I see this governor embarrassingly and sycophantically rambling, I used to wonder why? However, confirming that Federal Government ‘reimbursements, interventions, and grants’ in excess of N150bn have been given selectively to Kaduna by Tinubu in the last 18 months now explains everything.
“By all means, defend Asiwaju for the conditional cash transfer. Asiwaju has earned it, coming from you. The people of Kaduna State will judge at the right time and place. Have a nice day,” El-Rufai wrote.
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Every day I see this governor embarrassingly and sycophantically rambling, I used to wonder why? However, confirming that Federal Government ‘reimbursements,… https://t.co/t00liTHXUY
— Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai (@elrufai) February 4, 2025
The former governor’s criticism followed Sani’s remarks during a news interview on Monday, where the governor expressed surprise at the growing criticism of Tinubu’s administration from some founding members of the All Progressives Congress.
El-Rufai has recently become a regular critic of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
In 2023, he failed to make President Tinubu’s cabinet after the Senate refused to clear him like other nominees that were forwarded to the National Assembly.
