I Don’t Care What My Enemies Think About Me – El-Rufai
Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has disclosed that he is not bothered by critics who describe him as a fundamentalist.
El-Rufai dismissed such views, insisting that those who hold them neither know him personally nor have worked with him.
The former Governor of Kaduna State, who spoke in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, said, “I don’t care. The people that think I am a fundamentalist don’t know me, they have never met me, they have formed their opinion.
“Frankly, the reason why my enemies are very vehement at hating me is because I don’t care what they think. It’s the way I am. I am very comfortable with what I am. I don’t care what you think. Those that work with me know me.”
Asked about perceptions in parts of Southern Kaduna that his leadership style reflected hostility towards them, El-Rufai rejected the notion.
“They can think what they think. I don’t tolerate nonsense, governance is not a joke,” he stated.
The former governor noted that, “When you’re governing 10 million people as I did in Kaduna, you must discriminate between A and B. Nobody can blackmail me that because he is a Christian, the law doesn’t apply to him.
“There are people in Southern Kaduna that feel entitled to behave in a certain way, I dealt with them. Some of the closest people I worked with in government are from Southern Kaduna. They know that this is not true.”
El-Rufai further explained that during his administration, he stopped several irregular practices and cut down wasteful government spending.
Olamilekan Adigun is a graduate of Mass Communication with years of experience in journalism embedded in uncovering human interest stories. He also prioritises accuracy and factual reportage of issues.
