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Former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has said his decision to choose a different path by speaking up made “everyone to tell me that I made a mistake”.

According to TheCable, El-Rufai said this in Abuja, on Thursday, during the launch of “OPL 245: Inside Story of the $1.3 Billion Nigerian Oil Block”, a memoir written by former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke.


The former governor also hinted that he was preparing a second memoir to further document his experiences in public service, declaring that he has no regrets from his time in office.


Reflecting on his first book, “The Accidental Public Servant”, published over a decade ago, El-Rufai said it was written to offer an honest account of his time in government, even though many advised him against it.

“About 12 years ago, I presented The Accidental Public Servant, which was a record of my experience in public service. It showed how friends abandon you, betray you, and how those you’ve helped can turn against you,” he said.

“They said I had made a mistake and would never be allowed near the government again. But I chose a different path. In Nigeria, they expect you to keep quiet after office. I refused to do that.”


El-Rufai, who served as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory under President Olusegun Obasanjo before becoming governor of Kaduna State, said he stands by every decision he made in public office.

“I don’t believe I have anything to hide. I still don’t. And I know Bello Adoke has nothing to hide either,” he said.

He praised Adoke for using his memoir to clarify his role in the controversial OPL 245 deal, for which he was cleared of wrongdoing by courts in Nigeria, Italy, and the United Kingdom.

“You can write a book like that and hold your head high, knowing you did nothing wrong. I urge those in power today to remember that your turn will come,” El-Rufai added.


He said his upcoming book will offer deeper insights into the principles and decisions that shaped his years in public service, urging others in leadership positions to also document their experiences for the sake of posterity and public understanding.

iwaeda:
https://dailytrust.com/el-rufai-why-everyone-told-me-i-made-a-mistake/

Melagros:
COMRADES, anyone who will include El rufai into his government should be careful, because I don't trust that man at all

NetbizBoss:
El-Rufai only annoyànce is non inclusion in Tinubu's cabinet. I"m happy those turmenting him are Muslim. I think he is an expert in Muslim Muslim tickets. An Islamic fanatic

opeldavid:
EL Rufai is determined to show Tinubu pepper!!

The coalition should just pick Peter Obi as president. No primary should be conducted!!!

stuffs2002:
If Obi is very popular as you claim, why is he so scared of primaries?

Melagros:
COMRADES, anyone who will include El rufai into his government should be careful, because I don't trust that man at all

NetbizBoss:
El-Rufai only annoyànce is non inclusion in Tinubu's cabinet. I"m happy those turmenting him are Muslim. I think he is an expert in Muslim Muslim tickets. An Islamic fanatic

RhinoChest:
This vindictive man is doing all these because he wasn’t given the ministerial position.

Where was his voice during Buhari’s mismanagement?

Vindictive power grabber!! You won’t have it your way.

Women in his state were parading naked to stop the endless killings in his state and for 8 years, he didn’t do anything about it. Nigerians will never forget!!!!

RhinoChest:
This vindictive man is doing all these because he wasn’t given the ministerial position.

Where was his voice during Buhari’s mismanagement?

Vindictive power grabber!! You won’t have it your way.

Women in his state were parading naked to stop the endless killings in his state and for 8 years, he didn’t do anything about it. Nigerians will never forget!!!!

Maxymilliano:
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has explained why he delegated some members of the party to respond to questions posed to him.
According to the former Lagos Governor, he adopted the delegation method “to show team-ship”.

Tinubu spoke at the Chatham House lecture titled: ‘Nigeria’s 2023 elections: In conversation with Bola Ahmed Tinubu’, monitored by The Nation.

At the lecture, Tinubu after his opening remarks, assigned Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai to speak on how his (Tinubu-led) government would address insecurity and asked the Director of Strategic Communication of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Aleke, to respond to the question on oil theft.

https://thenationonlineng.net/why-i-delegated-el-rufai-ayade-others-to-answer-questions-at-chatham-house-tinubu/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1670262252

MatrixCircle:
This is what you get when freinds know you didn't win the Presidential election but stolen from Peter Obi .

The arrows have started flying left and right.
The reason none of this politicians respect the present government. The election was rigged in daylight robbery.

jameshankss:
Arguing that Obi’s presidential bid would only work in favour of Tinubu, Soludo said, “Indeed, if I were Asiwaju Tinubu, I would even give Peter Obi money as someone heading one of the departments of his campaign, because Obi is making Tinubu’s pathway to victory much easier by indirectly pulling down PDP.”

Obi, according to Soludo, would only deplete the votes of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and pave the path for an APC victory.

He stated, “The current fleeting frenzy, if not checked, will cost Ndigbo dearly for years. The South-east has the lowest number of votes of any region, but it is also the only region where the presidential race might be a four-way race (it is a two-way race in the other five regions) thereby, ensuring that our votes won’t count in the making of the next president of Nigeria.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/11/15/soludo-i-wont-succumb-to-bullies-obi-knows-he-cant-win/