Former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai’s rumored withdrawal from consideration as a minister in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government because high-tensile inter-elite intrigues torpedoed his senate confirmation and caused the president to sour on him is the bluntest, crudest, most double-dyed political treachery I’ve seen in a long time.
Former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai’s rumored withdrawal from consideration as a minister in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government because high-tensile inter-elite intrigues torpedoed his senate confirmation and caused the president to sour on him is the bluntest, crudest, most double-dyed political treachery I’ve seen in a long time. Sure, El-Rufai is a detestable, self-important, |
When I read the other day that some powerful patriots in the governing party of All Progressives Congress (APC) had concluded plans to return former president Good-luck Azikiwe Jonathan to power, my soul magnified the Lord that at long last, the most populous black nation on earth would fulfil destiny sooner than later.
Anti-riots policemen detain a protester during a demonstration at Ojota in Lagos on June 12, 2021 (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)
It is no longer news that Nigeria dances on the brink of existent collapse, though according to a foreign expert on Nigeria’s political development, Ambassador John Campbell, ‘Nigeria have mastered the art of dancing on the precipice without falling over…’ Between 2015 and recent, the country’s unity is seriously threatened under the present administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari. And, there is not much he is doing to save it. The late literary giant, Chinua Achebe argued that, there is nothing absolutely wrong with Nigeria but rather with its leadership. The government of Nigeria is one of the most expensive governments in the world, with so much expended on its officials monthly.