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Prof. Attahiru Jega, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, Malam Kabiru Yusuf, Dr Husseini Abdu, Dr Usman Bugaje, Prof. Jibrin Ibrahim, Amb. Fati Balla and Abubakar Balarabe Mahmoud SAN warn that Nigeria is at very dangerous crossroads in “Statement on the State of the Nation” dated June 8, 2026

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A must-read for anyone interested in El-Rufai; it's long but worthwhile.

Reminiscence: Working with El-Rufai in the FCT

By Auwalu Anwar.

Since his voluntary but spectacular return to the country from Cairo on 12 February 2026 and subsequent incarceration by the agents of Emperor Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the story of Malam Nasir Ahmad El- Rufai (NAE) has been narrated differently by many interest groups, including his acquaintances, friends, human rights activists, journalists, lawyers and politicians. However, what I found conspicuously missing in all the narratives that I came across is, an objective analysis of his character as an administrator by someone who worked closely with or under him in any of the three public places he administered, namely: Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Kaduna State. For instance, the common remarks about his style of leadership that presented him either as a mere sinner or a revered saint, without making any attempt to go beyond the smokescreen of such moral categorization were both irrelevant and unhelpful for the proper understanding of his essential nature as an administrator or a public servant.

How did NAE, for instance, conceive, protect or violate the trust given to him when he served as Director General, BPE; Minister of the FCT or Governor of Kaduna State? How did he recruit and relate with his political appointees, who were answerable to him? What was the extent of his distance or interference in running the day- to- day affairs of the MDAs under his jurisdiction; but especially in the implementation of their capital projects? This write- up aims to frankly answer these crucial questions, with particular reference to my experiences working with and under him in the FCT.

I first came across NAE in 1998 when a mutual friend, Malam Bashir Yusuf Ibrahim, invited me to the inaugural meeting of an All- Nigeria Elite Group known as the Abuja Initiative or simply AI, in Abuja. NAE was then working as an economic adviser and member of the Programme Implementation and Monitoring Committee under General Abdulsalami Abubakar. Because of the activities of AI and my relationship with Bashir, our paths continued to cross at that time.

With the formation of the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) and the emergence of General Olusegun Obasanjo as President, NAE was appointed Director General of the BPE. I later became Special Adviser (Political) to the Speaker, House of Representatives, the purposeful and selfless Rt. Hon. Ghali Umar Na'Abba in February 2000. When NAE established a steering committee on Competition and Anti- Trust in the BPE, he appointed me as one of the members. It was an influential committee with many respected persons including Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Comrade Adams Oshiomole, Professor Charles Soludo, Madam Oby Ezekwesili, Hajiya Maryam Uwais and Mr. Asue Ighodalo, constituting the membership.

In 2003, on his appointment as Minister of the FCT, NAE met with all categories of staff and audited all the operational organs of the institution. To his dismay, he discovered that civil servants had all the time to lazy around as much as they wanted for two reasons: firstly, they had thirty- five years to stay in the service; they could also live up to sixty years before retirement. As such, most of them had no motivation for initiative, innovation, or even commitment to the responsibilities for which they were employed.

To change the trajectory, he thought of creating mandate secretariats, which would operate like state ministries and appoint secretaries, who would serve as commissioners. He compiled all his findings, the audited reports of all the sectors and his vision for a way forward into a comprehensive document. He shared copies of the documents with Bashir, Asue and my humble self to study for a week, with the request that we should all think of suitable individuals who would be invited to assist him in running the new structure.

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Na Rantse da Allah inji Mallam babu wanda zai dingayin wannan tasbihin baka samu mafita ba duk irin talaucin da kake ciki ko kunci

Allah ya jikan Mallam ya mishi gafara

[Imraan Gidado @Imraanmg]

@cutewahalaa @IU_Wakilii You are definitely the stupid here.

There is an App called ChatGpt or simply the X’s grok, use it to ask this your stupid question.

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@cutewahalaa @IU_Wakilii You don’t deserve a response, you will never understand no matter how it is explained to you.
Please keep believing what you choose to believe, your perception on Islam and Sharia law will not change anything.

[Imraan Gidado @Imraanmg]

Many Nigerians don’t even understand what exactly the Sharia Law is all about, this guy here is a Christian and he made some research to understand what it is.
Bandits advocating for Sharia Law ??? It doesn’t make sense at all.

[Imraan Gidado @Imraanmg]

May Allah forgive your shortcomings and grant you Jannah.

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Malam Allah yasa kana Aljhannah

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Only few kidnapping incidents in the south but everywhere is hot 🔥

The North has seen worse and nobody seems to care

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RETWEET AGGRESSIVELY!!!