Both the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Muhammadu Buhari remain in shock and are yet to find the appropriate words to reply Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, whose letter criticizing the President and the party for poor handling of issues of governance was leaked to the media on Thursday and has been trending since then.

In the memo, dated September 22, 2016, but which went viral Thursday, el-Rufai, a dye-in-the-wool loyalist of Buhari, noted that his warning became necessary, because his political future was intrinsically tied to that of Buhari, adding that: “poll after poll in Kaduna State, before and after the 2015 elections, clearly shows that my fate, politically and otherwise, is uncannily tied to yours. If you do well, I stand to benefit immensely. If you do not do well sir, whatever I try to do in Kaduna matters little to my present and any future political trajectory.”

“There is a perception that your ministers, some of whom are competent and willing to make real contributions, have no clear mandate, instructions and access to you. Ministers are constitutional creations, Mr. President, and it is an aberration that they are expected to report to the Chief of Staff on policy matters,” el-Rufai noted.

He also echoed the insinuation in some quarters that appointments into Buhari’s government was lopsided, in favour of a particular section of the country, saying: “There is a strong perception that your inner circle or kitchen cabinet is incapable, unproductive and sectional. The quality and the undue concentration of key appointments to the North-East and exclusion of South-East are mentioned as evidence of this.”

Shocked by the turn of events, APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, said that the memo from el-Rufai to the President needed to be studied, stressing that the national leadership of the party would study it even though he described it as the governor’s legitimate views.

Chief Odigie-Oyegun and the National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, who reacted to the bomshell, stated that given the number of pages and the issues raised, the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party would need some time to study it.

Assuring that the party would make its comments public after studying the memo, the ruling party also stated that the legitimate views of the governor had turned out to be of concern to Nigerians.

In his words: “We will study it and comment later publicly. We thought it was a private memo to the President, but we will look at it and if we have any suggestions to make, we will make them later. It concerns Nigerians and his legitimate views, which he has expressed. We will see how it concerns us, the party and the nation and if there is need, we will comment on it subsequently.”

Similarly, APC spokesperson, simply quipped: “We are just studying it and we will respond very soon. It is a 30 -page memo, therefore we have to study it conclusively.”

Kaduna based lawyer, Mr. Wahab Page, said the Kaduna State governor, exhibited rare courage in the face of sycophancy by writing the letter to President Buhari over the inability of the ruling party to manage expectation of Nigerians after two years in office.

This was even as the governor’s aides yesterday kept mute over the issue, and completely refused to say a word about the letter. When Saturday Sun contacted el-rufai’s spokesman, Samuel Aruwan, through text message and phone calls, there was pin drop silence. He did not pick his calls or reply the text messages.

Ditto the Special Adviser on political matters and inter-governmental affairs, Honourable Uba Sani.

Attempts to get presidential spokesmen, Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu, to respond to the issues raised in the letter did not yield any response as they refused to speak on the matter. A highly placed official in the presidency, however, said the President was shocked that the content of a supposed private letter to him was leaked to the media.

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What are they studying in the memo, na 6 credit unit course?

Elrufai no close ur mouth, bubu will soon send magu to kemen you!

Would the president listen...? When Aisha Buhari said the same thing, she was moved to the other ROOM

Una never see anything, let me see where zombie would pitch their tent now

That party, Apc is a party of okponu. It is a party of mediocrity, and that is why Nigeria is where it is today. Elrufai has spoken the truth. we appreciate you that you have shown that you not blind like others.

Watch how hell rufai will deny this in less than 48 hours,

But on a serious note some people in buhari govt want to lessing the budden on the masses but I wander why our president will never listen, and they ate afraid to stand their ground because no one is indispensable

The President's Kitchen Cabinet members are as follows:

1. ADC to the president is Lt. Col. Abubakar Lawal from Kano State who is also the husband to the president’s foster daughter.

2. State Chief of Protocol is Lawal Abdullahi Kazaure from Jigawa State,

3. Director General of the Department of State Security is Lawal Daura from Katsina State.

4. National Security Adviser is Babagana Monguno from Borno State.

5. Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari from Borno State.

6. Director General of Budget Office, Aliyu Gusau from Zamfara State.

7. Secretary to the Government of the Federation is Babachir David Lawal from Adamawa State.

8. Garba Shehu from Kano State as the Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity from Kano State

9. Femi Adesina from Osun State who is the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity.

El Rufai, d midget, with his Fulani brain.
He is indirectly trying to destroy the reputation of Buhari.
But disguised as an adviser to perpetrate his...
He is truthful though. He appeared to be someone that knows the shortcomings of APC led federal government and the likely solutions.
Thereby posing to Nigerians as someone with the technical know how.
With his recent move to acquire Doctorate degree, he is up to something.
I foresee many Northern elites having clash prior to 2019.
The likes of Kwankwaso, Atiku, El Rufai, Lamido and Buhari camps.
Watching......

The same way Obasanjo used letter to finish Jonathan career, elrufai is using letter to finish baba's career.


No wonder baba fell sick.


But Ọmọ mehn, ko le werk

A letter of just 30 pages since last week and all of them still they studying it.

APC, Presidency, Lie Mohamed, Oyegun, Femi Adesina etc they studying it.

Pls let them give it to an SS 2 student in a secondary school to help read and interprete it for them so that they reply public soon.

Bunch of liars in the presidency cabal who control the affair of the country.

Imagine a DSS case where Buhari kinsman, Lawal Daura, who was one championing the cabal ring leader who produce two different report on a single subject of EFCC boss, Magu.

The one report to Senate that Magu should not be confirmed and the other report to presidency that Magu should be considered and Buhari left his kinsman, Daura untouched.

If it were another person, Buhari would have discipline such. The same Daura refuse to allow Femi Adesina , Buhari' wife, all ministers, top politicians to access to Buhari in London.

El Rufai sense a smoke screen before he can be courageous enough to write a memo to buhari.

We Nigerians saw and know that the president is no more in affair of power again.

God help our President
God help Nigeria

El Rufai distancing himself from his nepotic Oga ( birds of the same feathers)

His criticism is courageous and quite commendable, but going by the person of El Rufai I doubt if it's motivated by genuine concern for the leadership of Nigeria, rather as a means of revenge for his "eviction" from the cabal.

It's now official.
El Rufai is the North West chairman of the Wailers Club World wide.

Hell rufai using reverse psychology to position himself for 2019. Never again will a religious bigot rule us

Buhari go school he can as well convert the letter to a text book... course title is "how to kill an economy" please tell buhari the dullard to study it very well because there will be an exam in 2019.

id911:
Hell rufai using reverse psychology to position himself for 2019. Never again will a religious bigot rule us

He actually thought the man will not make it in UK so that he can take over as President

There are many opposition parties within APC. As we get nearer to 2019, it will become glaring that APC will be contesting against themselves. That is the danger of not having a viable opposition party. When you don't have a common enemy to fight, there is the tendency to fight yourselves.

At least I have forgiven HellRufai of one sin,for him to have written that letyer

DozieInc:
El Rufai distancing himself from his nepotic Oga ( birds of the same feathers)

His criticism is courageous and quite commendable, but going by the person of El Rufai I doubt if it's motivated by genuine concern for the leadership of Nigeria, rather as a means of revenge for his "eviction" from the cabal.

It's now official.
El Rufai is the North West chairman of the Wailers Club World wide.

contents of hell roofile's memo is notin new. every tin was already echoed by aisha cassandra since last year, but she was banished to an unknown room for her efforts. its public knowledge dat buari dulla..rd has failed his mandate beautifully. as such, hell roofile's letter to buari is notin but anoda self mitigated political eye service to decieve d public n absolve himself from d calamity of APC buari govt. dis is wat opportunist do wen they see danger ahead.
according to obj, hell-roofile loyalty is to nobody but himself. hell roofile is just trying to save his neck from buari's impending political/govt doom.

D guy no lie now....which one be study again?

Na project work

Bros abeg come near make I ask u abeg na lie Hell-Rufai talk...?

ourema:

He actually thought the man will not make it in UK so that he can take over as President

That's what el rufai told you last night in the bedroom abi? People just like making some kind of baseless and senseless analogies just in order to drop comment!

30 Page memo to who? How dullardihno wan take read am. Haba elrufai... That na purnishment na. Except it was written in arabic.