The presidency has linked the recent outburst of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, during an interview to his resentment over being excluded from President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
TheNewsGuru reports that El-Rufai, while speaking on Arise TV on Monday, revealed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu did not want him in his cabinet, adding that, it is not the National Assembly that rejected him as a ministerial nominee.
The former Governor, further said President Tinubu simply “changed his mind on the nomination.”
In response, the Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, while featuring on Channels TV on Tuesday morning, urged El-Rufai to move on, stressing that he is displaying resentment of someone who was left out of a moving train, which is why he is campaigning against Tinubu.
Onanuga, who noted that El-Rufai feels hurt about not being appointed a minister despite his contribution to Tinubu’s electioneering process, maintained that, the former governor’s dissatisfaction about President Tinubu’s administration does not reflect reality.
He said, “As a person, I think I will pity the former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai. He feels hurt that he was not made a minister. It has been a long time since the ministers were appointed, and I think it is time for him to move on. You cannot continue being like a child as if someone stole your bread, and you are crying over a spilt milk.
“It is natural for him to feel hurt that he has been excluded from Tinubu’s government and the President, in his birthday tribute to El-Rufai, acknowledged his contribution to the party, he actually helped a lot in installing the president Bola Tinubu. The exclusion is the reason he is going about campaigning against the president.
“He is showing the resentment of a man being left out of a moving train. I will advise him to forget everything that happened or not be made a minster, he has been in public service since 1999. His dissatisfaction about Tinubu’s government is his personal opinion and it does not reflect reality.