The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai has revealed that some elements that are powerful within Aso Rock are working to ensure that the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu does not win the next election.
Speaking on a Channels Television live programme, Sunrise Daily on Wednesday, the Kaduna Governor said it is his conviction that some elements within the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari are working against the victory of the party.
He said, ”I believe there are elements in the Villa that want us to lose the election because they didn’t get their way; they had their candidate. Their candidate did not win the primaries,”“They are trying to get us to lose the election, and they are hiding behind the president’s desire to do what he thinks is right. I will give two examples: this petroleum subsidy, which is costing the country trillions of Naira, was something that we all agreed would be removed.
“In fact, I had a discussion with the president and showed him why it had to go. Because how can you have a capital budget of N200b for federal roads and then spend N2 Trillion on petroleum subsidy? This was a conversation I had with the president in 2021 when the subsidy thing started rising. He was convinced. We left. It changed. Everyone in the government agreed, and it changed.
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“The second example I will give is this currency redesign. You have to understand the president. People are blaming the Governor of the Central Bank for the currency redesign, but No. You have to go back and look at the first outing of Buhari as president. He did this; the Buhari, Idiagbon regime changed our currency and did it in secrecy with a view to catching those that are stashing away illicit funds. It is a very good intention. The president has his right. But doing it at this time within the allotted time does not make any political or economic sense.”
His allegations came amidst Tinubu’s outbursts in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital last week where he alleged that the current fuel scarcity nationwide and the hardship being created with the new Naira notes are contrived to make Nigerians reject the APC and its candidates are the poll.