Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has said the Nigerian Bar
Association, NBA, cannot stop his voice from being heard on how to move
Nigeria forward.
Elrufai was reacting to the NBA’s withdrawal of his name as a guest
speaker at their forthcoming conference scheduled for August 26-29,
following outcries.
The Kaduna Governor in a statement issued on his behalf by Muyiwa
Adekeye accused the NBA of buying into a “one-sided narrative.”
“NBA platform or not, these worthy conversations must continue. He will
continue to make his voice heard on the things our country needs to do
for its progress,” Muyiwa Adekeye, Governor El-Rufai’s aide, said in a
statement.
“While the decision about who speaks at its event is clearly the NBA’s,
Mallam El-Rufai wishes to make clear that he did not seek the platform
and is not agitated that he has one less speaking engagement.”