Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has said that a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, is “not his man”.
Both men have been known to have had disagreements over the years.
Speaking at a webinar on Saturday in commemoration of the 63rd birthday of the Minister of Interior and former governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola, El-Rufai noted that Aregbesola remained his man any day but that Tinubu was not his man.
The webinar moderated by Boason Omofaye was tagged, ‘Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola Colloquium 2020,’ with the theme, ‘Government Unusual: Innovative economic solutions to unlock mass prosperity’.
“I want to congratulate my brother, Ogbeni (Aregbesola), on his birthday. You know I’m your man any day. I’m not Asiwaju’s man and you are Asiwaju’s man, but I am your man any day. Asiwaju and I have differences but you and I have no differences,” El-Rufai said.
He added that he was not ashamed to say he copied the school feeding initiative in his state from Osun when he visited Aregbesola as governor.
Aregbesola, in his remarks, said his achievements as governor were driven by his passion for the people, a virtue he said he imbibed from his teenage years.
“The second person who has played a very huge role in making me a good public administrator is Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. He takes all the glory, apart from God,” he said, with thanks also to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Other panellists at the webinar were the governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu; Statistician General, Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, Yemi Kale; CEO, Financial Derivatives, Bismarck Rewane; Chairman, Citibank Nigeria; Yemi Cardoso; CEO, Lotus Capital Limited, Hajara Adeola; and Country Director, Development Alternatives Incorporated, Joe Abah.
