Former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has warned Senators of the 10th Assembly against confirming the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, as a minister.
OsunDailyNG reports that El-Rufai’s name, alongside 27 others, was sent to the Senate last week Thursday for screening and confirmation.
Sani, who had earlier frowned at El-Rufai’s nomination, in a statement made available to journalists on Sunday, urged the three senators from Kaduna State to rise in honour and resist the confirmation and approval of the former governor for the sake of posterity of the nation.
According to him, a man like El-Rufai, with a track record of religious intolerance, extremism and disrespect for the rule of law, does not deserve to be a minister.
The former lawmaker reminded Senators to respect the Senator Abubakar Sodangi Committee, which banned El-Rufai from holding public office.
He added that the confirmation of El-Rufai as a Minister would be a suicidal mission for President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
The statement read: “The Senate should uphold and respect the 2008 Senator Sodangi Committee that barred him from holding public office.
“Particularly, the three senators from Kaduna State; they must categorically and unambiguously reject Elrufai’s nomination.
“Silence is a great disservice and betrayal to the people of Kaduna State, who have suffered under his eight years of tyranny and persecution.
“Nigerian Senators should save the country from the danger and jeopardy of harbouring, incubating and crowning such a man into the palace of power.
“A man with a track record of religious intolerance, extremism and disrespect for rule of law doesn’t deserve the gavel of approval from the legislature. He doesn’t deserve to be a minister.
“Any opposition Senator that confirms El-Rufai has betrayed the moral conscience of the people of this country; any ruling party Senator that confirms El-Rufai has brought in a destructive agent into the government of Tinubu.
“Confirming Elrufai as a Minister is a suicidal mission for the Tinubu administration”
