A new group has joined the growing call for the people of Kaduna State to vote for former Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai as their new governor in 2015.
Mallam Uba Sani,coordinator of El-Rufai Suppport Group who addressed the press in Kaduna on Saturday said “Our group, after due and extensive consultations, found Mallam Nasiru El – Rufai worthy of being supported to lead the charge for rescuing Kaduna State from the depths of despair and hopelessness”.
The group believes the former minister of FCT has all the qualities that will ensure result-oriented leadership. “Fearless, urbane, intelligent, articulate and imbued with a never – say – die spirit, Mallam El – Rufai comes to the governorship race with his experience as a technocrat, development specialist, astute politician, and accomplished administrator. He distinguished himself as a manager of persons and resources while at the helm of affairs at the Ministry of the Federal Capital Territory and Bureau of Public Enterprises. Beneath Mallam El – Rufai’s steely posture is a humble and approachable person who is merely impatient with persons who fail to follow due process and are eager to benefit from the system instead of rendering selfless service. He holds aloft the banner of generational change, not just for change sake, but for purposeful and result – oriented leadership. Mallam El – Rufai is a leader imbued with the democratic spirit and committed to working with like – minds to usher in fundamental changes in Kaduna State.”
Sani who is a former presidential aide said the “El – Rufai Support Group (ESG) is an idea, a platform and vehicle for an aggressive campaign to reawaken the consciousness of Kaduna State citizens to return the State to its glory days. Its major task is to project Mallam El – Rufai as the arrowhead of the movement to change the face of Kaduna State. El – Rufai Support Group would vigorously advocate for the governorship candidacy of Mallam El-Rufai and also develop strategies and tactics to ensure that the votes given to him in the governorship elections count.
“El – Rufai Support Group draws its membership from concerned citizens of Kaduna State disenchanted with the state of governance in our dear state. Kaduna State is now listed among states where nothing works. A visionless, inept and corrupt leadership has arrested Kaduna State’s rise to prominence in Nigeria. Dilapidated infrastructures liter the length and breadth of the once pride of the North and Nigeria.”
According to Ubas Sani- led group “2015 is Kaduna State’s date with history. We have a unique opportunity to make a fundamental electoral statement. It is our opportunity to say NEVER AGAIN to incompetence, maladministration, misgovernance and corruption. It is a time for us to say YES to purposeful, competent and result – oriented leadership.
“It is time for us to join hands with Mallam Nasiru El – Rufai to set our state irreversibly on the path to progress and sustainable development”, Uba Sani said.
Read the full text of the address below:
ADDRESSED BY DR. UBA SANI, COORDINATOR, EL-RUFAI SUPPPORT GROUP ON SATURDAY, 15TH NOVEMBER 2014
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On behalf of the El – Rufai Support Group (ESG), I warmly welcome you .
El – Rufai Support Group (ESG) is an idea, a platform and vehicle for an aggressive campaign to reawaken the consciousness of Kaduna State citizens to return the State to its glory days. Its major task is to project Mallam El – Rufai as the arrowhead of the movement to change the face of Kaduna State. El – Rufai Support Group would vigorously advocate for the governorship candidacy of Mallam El-Rufai and also develop strategies and tactics to ensure that the votes given to him in the governorship elections count.
El – Rufai Support Group draws its membership from concerned citizens of Kaduna State disenchanted with the state of governance in our dear state. Kaduna State is now listed among states where nothing works. A visionless, inept and corrupt leadership has arrested Kaduna State’s rise to prominence in Nigeria. Dilapidated infrastructures liter the length and breadth of the once pride of the North and Nigeria.
To compound the problems of the State, the government has displayed total incompetence in managing or resolving ethno – religious conflicts.
This state of affair is unacceptable. We cannot fold our arms while our beloved state continues to drift. It is time for all men and women of goodwill to come together and join hands to rescue our state from the grip of political jobbers. We must work assiduously to enthrone a fearless, credible and development oriented leadership. It is a task we must carry out or history would be very unkind to us.
NASIRU EL-RUFAI: HISTORY BECKONS
Our group, after due and extensive consultations, found Mallam Nasiru El – Rufai worthy of being supported to lead the charge for rescuing Kaduna State from the depths of despair and hopelessness.
Fearless, urbane, intelligent, articulate and imbued with a never – say – die spirit, Mallam El – Rufai comes to the governorship race with his experience as a technocrat, development specialist, astute politician, and accomplished administrator. He distinguished himself as a manager of persons and resources while at the helm of affairs at the Ministry of the Federal Capital Territory and Bureau of Public Enterprises. Beneath Mallam El – Rufai’s steely posture is a humble and approachable person who is merely impatient with persons who fail to follow due process and are eager to benefit from the system instead of rendering selfless service. He holds aloft the banner of generational change, not just for change sake, but for purposeful and result – oriented leadership. Mallam El – Rufai is a leader imbued with the democratic spirit and committed to working with like – minds to usher in fundamental changes in Kaduna State.
2015 is Kaduna State’s date with history. We have a unique opportunity to make a fundamental electoral statement. It is our opportunity to say NEVER AGAIN to incompetence, maladministration, misgovernance and corruption. It is a time for us to say YES to purposeful, competent and result – oriented leadership.
It is time for us to join hands with Mallam Nasiru El – Rufai to set our state irreversibly on the path to progress and sustainable development.
THE SECURITY SITUATION IN THE NORTH
We cannot end without expressing our outrage at the daily bloodshed in the North occasioned by the murderous activities of the Boko Haram insurgents. But even more infuriating and disheartening is the apparent inaction of the Federal Government and the ineffectiveness of the Armed Forces. The North has become a killing field, a wasteland; in short a place where life is short and brutish.
The Federal Government has no coherent strategy to end the Boko Haram menace. It is either a case of incompetence or a deliberate ploy to undermine the North and conquer it politically. This is the time for Northern elders and youths to come together to fashion a strategy/framework to checkmate these forces of darkness and retrogression. The time to stand up is NOW.
