Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has said that he believes the former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, is hurt because he was blocked from being a minister in the Tinubu administration.

El-Rufai, who has been critical of Tinubu’s government in recent times, claimed on Monday night during an interview on Arise TV that Tinubu, not the National Assembly, blocked his nomination as a minister after initially asking him to be part of the government.


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“The National Assembly had nothing to do with it, the president didn’t want me in his cabinet,” El-Rufai had said.

Reacting to his statement on Tuesday during an interview on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily, Mr Onanuga said: “As a person, I think I will pity former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai. He feels hurt that he was not made a minister…I think it is time for him to move on.

“You cannot continue to behave like a child as if somebody stole your bread and things like that and then you’re crying over spilt milk?

“It’s natural for him to feel hurt, excluded and I think that as the president acknowledged in a recent birthday tribute to him Nasiru actually helped a lot in installing President Tinubu and if he’s not there it doesn’t mean that he must bring down the roof.”

Onanuga stressed that the president has nothing against El-Rufai, reiterating that the ex-governor was only frustrated for not being part of the Federal Government.


He said El-Rufai’s criticism against the Tinubu administration does not “reflect reality,” adding that the government inherited numerous problems but “things are getting better”.

Omooba77:
I pity El-Rufai, he’s hurt for losing ministerial spot – Onanuga

EmperorCaesar:
Onanuga should have just ignored

Overtime, he'd get tired and return to his underground tent

papyjaypaul:

El Rufai was one of the men Tinubu said is part of his team when he went to London. They have their arrangements, they should stop disturbing the masses when they have disagreements.

This is a video of El Rufai speaking for Tinubu at Chatham House, London. They have no principles, that's why there is nothing to hold them together anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2bhMgN_8yc?

Odin13:
El Rufai has officially set the politics of 2027.. and has successfully de marketed Tinubu as his Yoruba government

Kids on block don’t get it now .. but will get it later

They can keep attacking the man.. till 2027 ..

Arewa is only observing and watching ..

Las Las Yoruba go still humble .. na Igbos wey dey shook mouth for Yoruba fight .. having not learn their lesson from so many betrayals fro their southern neighbor west.. will carry am finally

Yoruba go still bow and blame the Igbos for this same fight ..


Power to the people

Omooba77:


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/02/i-pity-el-rufai-hes-hurt-for-losing-ministerial-spot-onanuga/

Omooba77:


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/02/i-pity-el-rufai-hes-hurt-for-losing-ministerial-spot-onanuga/

Omooba77:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/02/i-pity-el-rufai-hes-hurt-for-losing-ministerial-spot-onanuga/

Emergingnation:
Flashback: How Bola Tinubu spoke highly of Buhari in 2015, named PDP ‘Poverty Development Party

National leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu had during the presidential campaign in 2015, referred to President Muhammadu Buhari as the only solution for the security and economic challenges facing Nigeria.

During a mega presidential rally, the former governor of Lagos State recalled how some powerful nations in the world returned to army generals when they were challenged, saying “Major General Buhari would revive Nigeria’s economy”.

He named the current opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP as the “Poverty Development Party saying they had nothing to offer.

His words at the time were; “Every nation has a period of their own challenges, when America was challenged, they turned to one great man, their ex-military general, General Eisenhower. When the French were challenged, they turned to their general, Charles de Gaulle.

“When Britain was challenged, they turned to their general. Today, Nigeria is economically and physically challenged so we turn to General Muhammadu Buhari. He is the right man for the job. If you talk about military experience, he has it abundantly, he has courage, simplicity, he has it abundantly.

“If you talk about great determination, a combination of vision and ability to perform, honesty and integrity, he has it abundantly.

“I laugh when the incapable government, ‘Poverty Development Party’ PDP were talking. They have nothing again to say, they now want to question the qualifications of General Buhari and look for his certificate”.

Following the manifestos in 2015 which projected the APC presidential candidate as a ‘saviour’, Buhari defeated the then incumbent president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan with Nigerians expecting a total change in security and economy.

https://dailypost.ng/2021/09/01/flashback-how-bola-tinubu-spoke-highly-of-buhari-in-2015-named-pdp-poverty-development-party/