By Kolawole Ojebisi
Former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has alleged that some members of the Tinubu administration hasve reduced governance to a money-making venture.
This is as the immediate helmsman of Kaduna claimed that some ministers in President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet allegedly paid for their appointments.
El-Rufai made these allegations while speaking during an interview on BBC Hausa Service on Thursday.
He reiterated that he left the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) because the party has jettisoned its founding principles.
“It could have been easier for me if APC sacked me because they would save me from explaining the stress of why I left the party,” he said.
Dismissing speculations that he left because he was not given a ministerial appointment, El-Rufai insisted he had no interest in such a role.
“Did I seek to be minister? I know people who paid to get ministerial appointments,” he claimed.
“The APC abandoned the ideals that led to its formation. It has abandoned the people. Everyone is now pursuing personal interests and wealth. The government has become a business enterprise where everything has a price,” he stated.
The former governor’s comments is coming amid increasing scrutiny of the APC’s internal politics and governance approach.
His defection to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has triggered mixed reactions from political analysts and the public in general.
While many are of the opinion that the former governor’s decision signals deepening cracks and crisis within the ruling party, others think El-Rufai is disgruntled because Tinubu did not appoint him as a minister in his government.
