Don't confirm El-Rufai as minister, Shehu Sani asks National Assembly

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Former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, said the former governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai should not be confirmed as Minister by the National Assembly.

Sani, in a statement on Sunday, said he is surprised that El-Rufai’s name featured on the list as a ministerial nominee despite his obvious dangerous religious position antithetical to the unity of the nation.

He urged the three senators from Kaduna State to rise in honour and resist the confirmation of the former governor for the sake of posterity of the nation.

Senator Sani reminded Senators to respect the Senator Abubakar Sodangi Committee which banned El-Rufai from holding public office.

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 El Rufai as a Minister is a suicidal mission for the Tinubu administration.”

The Senate is set to begin screening and confirmation of 28 ministerial-nominees sent by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday.