Tinubu pleaded with me to tackle electricity mafia – El-Rufai

Former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has disclosed why he had earlier committed to collaborate with President Bola Tinubu before the 2023 presidential election.
It would be noted that El-Rufai lost out with the current administration after his screening for a ministerial position was rejected at the National Assembly.

The ex-FCT Minister while fielding questions on Arise Television’s Prime Time programme on Monday, claimed he never intended to be Minister after he had concluded his two terms as Governor.

He stated that Tinubu appealed and urged him to work for him so that they could tackle the electrical crisis in the country, which no president had done.

El-Rufai said that the challenge made him accept to work with Tinubu.

He said: “The President is entitled to change his mind. It is a job I never wanted in the first place. I was a Minister 20 years ago. and I informed Tinubu I didn’t want to be Minister. I am not interested.

“He appealed to me, begged me. He handed me a challenge. What was the challenge? Nobody has fixed out electricity.

“No President has defeated the electricity mafia. You and I can work to defeat it. It was the challenge that made me to accept.”