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2023: El-Rufai says nothing wrong with Muslim-Muslim ticket

Muhammad A. Aliyu
By Muhammad A. Aliyu
Published: June 11, 2022
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The governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, has said he does not believe that the business of governance has to do with religion.

El-Rufai said this while speaking on Channels TV’s ‘Politics Today’ on Friday night, monitored by Okay.ng.

According to the governor, competence, capacity and capability in terms of delivering good governance to Nigerians should be placed ahead of religion in voting public officer holders.

He added that religion will not solve the problems of Nigeria, adding it is the competency of the elected leaders that will solve the problems.

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“I don’t look at people from the lens of Muslim-Muslim or Christian-Christian, some of my closest friends are Christians,” he said.

“It was Pastor Tunde Bakare, a pentecostal pastor, who took me to CPC, not President Muhammadu Buhari. I’m very close to Pastor Bakare. I’m very close to many Christians. 

“I don’t think the business of governance has to do with religion. I think we should look for the best person for the job. The person who will get the job done. 

“I’m the wrong person to ask that question because in my state I picked a very competent and qualified woman as my running mate in the 2019 elections. 

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“But just because she happens to be a Muslim, people were calling it Muslim-Muslim ticket and they said we are going to lose. We didn’t. We won overwhelmingly.

“This fixation of  Nigerians with religion instead of competence, capacity and capability is quite sad and pathetic and I urge you as the media to take religion out of governance and let’s look for capacity, competence and delivery.

“I don’t think we should be looking at religion. We want to develop this country. When I get into a plane I don’t ask about the religion of the pilot. When I go to the hospital, I don’t ask about the religion of the doctor. I just want to get well and get to my destination even on an aircraft.

“Nigeria is at crossroads. We face very serious dangers in security, economic meltdown, and global issues affecting us. All that people are concerned with as far as who will be president and vice-president, is religion.

“It is not our religion that will solve our problems. It is people who are competent, capable that will address Nigeria’s problems, unite the country and put it on a progressive path.”

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Muhammad Ameer Aliyu, is a prolific journalist who joined Okay Nigeria in 2015 with the aim staying committed to bringing more positive growth to the digital news platform. He is the Senior Editor at Okay Nigeria.
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