Governor Nasir El-Rufai who spoke in Ikoyi, Lagos, at an event organised by the Bridge Club tagged, “An evening with His Excellency Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State", revealed how to end godfatherism in Lagos politics.The Kaduna state governor who recounted defeating and retiring four political godfathers in Kaduna State, stated that it could be replicated anywhere including Lagos State.

The Governor who said the key to defeating them was in going directly to the people, argued that godfathers existed only on paper or in the minds of the people. El-Rufai who revealed how to end godfatherism in Lagos politics, after a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and three-time commissioner in Lagos State, Dr Muiz Banire noted that godfathership was one of the drawbacks for professionals and businessmen who might want to go into politics, said; 

“Here in Lagos, you have over six million registered voters, only about a million voted (in 2019 general elections); five million did not vote. If I want to run for governor of Lagos, I will start now. I will commission a study to know why those five million registered voters did not vote; where do they go on election day? Then I will start visiting them for the next four years. I will try and get just two million of them to come and vote for me; I will defeat any godfather. The key is to go to the people. The card reader and the biometric register have given us the tools to connect directly with the people. I assure you if you do that for the next four years, connecting with the people; the tin godfather, you will retire him or her permanently. But it is hard work; it requires three to four years of hard work. So, if you want to run in 2023, you should start now.”

He further revealed that since it was only one million out of the six million registered voters in Lagos that voted in the last general elections, it was an opportunity to end godfathership in the state. On the question of money, El-Rufai said it would require about N2bn to do the job, which he said the businessmen could provide.


https://unclesuru.com/2019/05/06/how-to-end-godfatherism-in-lagos-politics-el-rufai/


lalasticlala, seun, mynd44, dominique

Seriously!!

Apart from Banire, who else spoke at the event, Fashola, Amosun or Ambode didn't speak or it was only El Rufai, Banire and the blogger that were in attendance?

Useless and unfortunately blogger, election is over.

I don't know if the story is correct. But the analysis sounds reasonable.

shots fired!

The diminutive one from Kaduna has fired the first salvo in Jagaban's backyard!

Bourdillion, what says thou?