KADUNA State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said that he will relocate from Kaduna state on May 29, 2023, after handing over to his successor, so as not to interfere with the incoming administration.
The governor, who expressed confidence that Senator Uba Sani would succeed him, stated that he will have no say in how the next All Progressives Congress (APC) government is run.
El Rufai stated that if the next governor has a pure heart, God will guide him, and that Senator Uba Sani is a good man who will make an excellent governor.
Senator Uba Sani, he said, is a worthy successor who will lead Kaduna state to greater heights if elected governor.
The governor stated at a Town Hall meeting hosted by the central senatorial zone on Monday that he has known the senator for over 20 years and that he has proven his political mettle.
El Rufai advised the people of Kaduna state not to inundate him with requests for notes to Uba Sani, to be given appointments or contracts when he becomes governor.
Speaking at the event, Senator Uba Sani said that he has been a student of Malam Nasir El Rufai’s School of Government and Policy in the last 20 years and he has acquired several ‘’degrees’’ as a result.
‘’In this school, there were some people who entered before me, people like the Secretary to the State Government, Malam Balarabe Abbas Lawal, who is my senior. However, the school has not graduation date. So, we are still learning,’’ he said.
The senator who promised to continue with the policies and programmes of the El Rufai administration, praised the governor for re-engineering governance in Kaduna state.
‘’Before the coming of this administration, government’s resources was being shared amongst a few elites, after payment of salaries. So, there was nothing left for development, in spite of the huge resources that Kaduna state was receiving as federal allocation.
‘’But Malam Nasir El Rufai changed that narrative by improving education, revamping healthcare and building infrastructure that is benefitting the good people of Kaduna state, instead of a few people’’ he added.
According to the APC gubernatorial candidate, the massive investment in education has begun to bear fruit because Kaduna state is the fourth state in the country where students received five credits, including English and Mathematics, in Senior Secondary School examinations.
Uba Sani, who stated that the government cannot fund education alone, urged wealthy individuals to sponsor promising but impoverished students to attend tertiary institutions.
