El-Rufai says President Tinubu is appointing his boys into office.
Epe Insights reports that the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has criticised the appointments made by Bola Tinubu since assuming office as Nigeria’s President in May 2023.
The former Kaduna governor criticised President Bola Tinubu‘s appointments during an interview on Arise News programme, PrimeTime, on Monday night, February 24, 2025.
According to El-Rufai, the alleged lop-sided appointments by President Tinubu are not in favour of the South-West, noting that the President was rather favouring his ‘boys’ from Lagos into political offices and not the Yorubas.
His words: “The president’s appointments are not being made because the appointees are Yoruba, but because they are his own boys. Most of the appointments do not even reasonably cover the South-West.
“So people should stop confusing the truth. The appointments are not balanced. Yes, definitely, definitely, right? You cannot argue that, but it’s not a Yoruba thing. Please don’t punish the Yorubas as you have been punishing northerners for the sins of the military.
“Let’s focus on individuals and hold them accountable. President Tinubu needs to do something about that. It’s still not too late. He can correct it, but there is palpable anger in the north.”
Speaking further, the former northern governor lamented that President Tinubu is not living up to the expectations of taking Nigeria to the highest level, stressing that there were hopes of Tinubu moving Nigeria forward based on his records.
The former governor said, “Two years after the election of President Tinubu, none of the party organs are functioning, the progressive ideals are not being pursued with vigour and the very high expectations we had of the president to take this country to the highest level based on his track record in Lagos is somehow not materializing.”
Watch El-Rufai’s video below…
“President Tinubu is appointing his own boys, not because they’re Yoruba, and most of his appointments do not reasonably cover the Southwest. People should stop confusing the two; the appointments are not balanced, but it’s not a Yoruba thing. Please don’t punish the Yorubas.” -… pic.twitter.com/8cjIIfsUo3
— Imran Muhammad (@Imranmuhdz) February 24, 2025
