Hon. Muhammad Zakari, CNA. (Sarkin Yaki)

Executive Chairman Gwiwa L.G. Jigawa State - Former S.A to Jigawa State Governor @u_danmodi on Trade and Commerce. Accountant - Auditor. 2023 HoR Aspirant

[Hon. Muhammad Zakari, CNA. (Sarkin Yaki) @MohZaks]

Happy International Women’s Day to all our Mothers, Sisters and Daughters in Jigawa State.

#InternationalWomensDay

[Hon. Muhammad Zakari, CNA. (Sarkin Yaki) @MohZaks]

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[Hon. Muhammad Zakari, CNA. (Sarkin Yaki) @MohZaks]

Yesterday, I took the Oath of Allegiance as the Special Adviser on Trade and Commerce to the executive Governor of Jigawa State.

I was sworn-in by the Jigawa State Governor, H.E. Malam Umar Namadi @u_danmodi. May God grant me His ease in carrying out my responsibilities, Amin.

[Ahmad Rufai Zakari @arkazaure]

Focus on objectivity and your professional mandate will be easy. Many spend time on subjectivity at the expense of performance. Every role has a metric,it could be revenue, it could be output increase etc. define targets and meet them.That’s the yardstick, not about anything else

[Ahmad Rufai Zakari @arkazaure]

The concept of Black-on-Black crime has made it to Nigeria … the new term is Arewa-on-Arewa crime if you catch my drift. May we be guided

[Ahmad Rufai Zakari @arkazaure]

Nigeria constantly defies convention, Nigeria can truly be stranger than fiction 😳!

[Qudus Akanbi Eleyi @EleyiLagos]

Retweet if you stand with El Rufai to be a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

[Ayekooto @DeeOneAyekooto]

"....El-Rufai is Tinubu’s Sure Bet To Revamp Nigeria’s Power Sector...."

[Aliyu U. Tilde @Dr_AliyuTilde]

El-Rufai Plc and the Presidency

How many times have I restrained my fingers from writing on this topic? It first came to mind when I heard His Excellency, Malam Nasiru El-Rufai, hinting that he will not be part of the Tinubu administration. I watched the clip and laughed. I said does not Malam know that he is now a Plc and no longer an individual enterprise? Can Dangote one day dream of returning to his quiet personal status of 50 years ago?

Once you are a Plc, forget it. You no longer own your life. We own it. You are our property. Our slave. Period. That is the liability you become to yourself when you prove to the public your competence in serving it. The prize of hard work is more work, they say.

I knew the positions of SSG and COS do not fit people of his personality even if he eyed them. Malam is at his best either as an executive or a project person tasked with a very difficult task, like Ministry of Power.

After missing him on campus, I came to know him through many of his intimate friends in Kaduna since 1986. But I knew him from a distance the more when he started public service in BPE, then as Minister of FCT and lastly as Governor of Kaduna State. In summary, he is one Nigerian that has proven his competence beyond reasonable doubt.

That is not to say Malam, 63, is not human. Nobody can come straight in these positions without stepping on many toes especially in a country that is as tortuous as Charles H. Robinson described the African footpath in 1892. Those adversely affected by his policies, which were necessary to straighten up things, will understandably complain and write petitions against him.

Then Malam is also a politician, a fierce one for that matter. We have seen that much during the build up to the last presidential election. To complicate matters, he is vocal, unrelenting, open and many times politically incorrect; yet, calculating enough to yield result. These are
enough to court him many troubles.

One of those troubles is with the legislature. He had a problem in 2003 when the Senate refused to clear him. Finally he got cleared by the intervention of President Obasanjo and went ahead to prove his worth as FCT minister. This time the media is saying it is not about money or even the legislature per se but about some petitions or security issues.

Today President Tinubu needs to play the role that Obasanjo played in getting the Senate clearance in 2003. He campaigned for Akpabio. Some say he also intervened for Keyamo. He stood for two other competent people before: Vice President Shettima and NSA Nuhu Ribadu.

The President has promised to choose for the country the best talents to serve under his government. Though he had difficulties to keep this promise on some of his nominees, the nation may not forgive him for missing the target on Malam. He should defy Malam’s opponents just as he did for many others.

Both the security apparatus and APC owe Malam a debt. His doggedness on power shift to the south and in fighting to neutralize the effect of last minute anti-people’s policy of the Buhari administration that would have cost the APC the Presidency are moral debts that both the President and the party owe Malam; otherwise, both will suffer a trust deficit in the eyes of the public. I have told many—and I may be wrong—that even from a strategic point of view, not having a cerebral and politically hyperactive El-Rufai on board will be a grave political miscalculation for the administration.

The security apparatus has no moral locus to abandon Malam either. He stood by it and acted on its reports to literally go on the ethnic cleansing of Shi’ites in his State—his one act that I strongly abhor and wrote against.

The President now has three major contentious issues at hand: Removal of fuel subsidy, dollar deregulation and the coup in Niger Republic. He must make El-Rufai Plc become the fourth.

Dr. Aliyu U. Tilde
8 August 2023

@officialABAT @KashimSM @NuhuRibadu @woye1 @DeeOneAyekooto

[Ahmad Rufai Zakari @arkazaure]

Here are some of my favorite books that I shared with the @KDSG_KIF cohort

[Guinness World Records @GWR]

After reviewing all the footage, we're delighted to announce that Hilda Baci is the new record holder for the longest cooking marathon (individual) 💫

Watch the video to find out the official time we've awarded Hilda and read the full explanation below 👇

[Hon. Muhammad Zakari, CNA. (Sarkin Yaki) @MohZaks]

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[Ahmad Rufai Zakari @arkazaure]

On this last day of the @MBuhari @ProfOsinbajo administration I am grateful to the Almighty. I am honored to also receive news today of National Honors as Officer Order of the Niger (OON). I was the youngest cabinet level appointee and thankful for the opportunity I had to serve.

[Hon. Mohammed Bello El-Rufai @B_ELRUFAI]

History will be kind to you Governor Nasir @elrufai. In fact, it has in every institution you have headed. BPE, FCT and now KDSG. May Allah SWT continue to protect, bless and guide you. May He choose what is best for you not what we humans think is best for you. We are proud you.

[Ahmad Rufai Zakari @arkazaure]

Sometimes the difference between something getting done or not getting done is YOU doing it. Next time you see the rock on the road, the injured man/woman on the, do something. Don’t pass the buck. You are the best catalyst for the change that you desire, complain is not action

[Umar Namadi @uanamadi]

Yesterday, I received in audience my younger brother, Ahmed Zakari, the Santuraki of Kazaure and Special Adviser to the President on Infrastructure, who came along with the duo of MD Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Ahmed Salihijo, and Managing Director KEDCO, Ahmed Dangana.

[Ahmad Rufai Zakari @arkazaure]

Many financial problems are caused by spending beyond one’s means. Either you work real hard to expand your earnings, or adjust spending down to match. We must break this system that allows many to expect to gain wealth via expert patronage, it’s inefficient and roots corruption

[National Moonsighting Committee Nigeria @moonsightingng]

CRESCENT SIGHTING REMINDER!
This coming Wednesday 22nd March 2023, is the 29th of Sha’ban 1444 & hence the day to look for the crescent of Ramadan 1444.
Find attached below Sunset and Moonset times of selected cities in Nigeria for Wednesday and Thursday 22nd & 23rd March 2023.

[Bashir Zakari @Bashirzk]

Congratulations @MohZaks for hard work and dedication. Your unwavering support has contributed to Jigawa State’s election. #jigawadecides #Elections2023 @OfficialAPCNg . Celebrate tonight! The real work just started. Cheers to a greater Jigawa

[Ahmad Rufai Zakari @arkazaure]

Looking forward to an even greater Jigawa …