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\u00a0Kaduna state Governor, Nasir El-Rufai , has told \u00a0President Muhammadu Buhari\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>that some of the people around him lack experience and competence.<\/p>\nFor example, \u00a0he said ” the secretary to the government of the federation and the chief of staff do not have experience in public service, lack humility, in addition to being insensitive and rude to virtually most of the party leaders, ministers and governors\u201d<\/p>\n
The governor said \u00a0Buhari’s failure to be proactive in taking key decisions in a timely manner has made the situation in Nigeria worse than he met it.<\/p>\n
He said there is a possibility that some officials in the presidency have persuaded Buhari that governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) \u201cmust have no say and must also be totally excluded from political consultations, key appointments and decision-making at the federal level\u201d.<\/p>\n
The view is contained in a \u00a0memo which was sent to Buhari in September, \u00a0a follow-up to an earlier one sent by el-Rufai.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn very blunt terms, Mr President, our APC administration has not only failed to manage expectations of a populace that expected overnight \u2018change\u2019 but has failed to deliver even mundane matters of governance outside of our successes in fighting BH insurgency and corruption,\u201d el-Rufai said in the 30-page memo.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis situation is compounded by the fact that some officials around you seem to believe and may have persuaded you that current APC state governors must have no say and must also be totally excluded from political consultations, key appointments and decision-making at the federal level.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese politically-naive \u2018advisers\u2019 fail to realise that it is the current and former state governors that may, as members of NEC of the APC, serve as an alternative locus of power to check the excesses of the currently lopsided and perhaps ambivalent NWC.<\/p>\n
\u201cOverall, the feeling even among our supporters today is that the APC government is not doing well. I am distressed that our government is seen not to be succeeding mostly due to the failures, lack of focus and selfishness of some you have entrusted to carry on and implement your vision. I am troubled that our own missteps have made the PDP and its apparatchiks so audacious and confident.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe two officials whose titles may enable them function as such generally alienate those that contributed to our success,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe chief of staff is totally clueless about the APC and its internal politics at best as he was neither part of its formation nor a participant in the primaries, campaign, and elections.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn summary, neither of them has the personality, experience, and the reach to manage your politics nationally or even regionally.\u201d<\/p>\n
He called on the president to \u201cact decisively,\u201d and expressed the hope that his memo will \u201ccontribute in some way in regaining our governance momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have both a crisis and opportunity in your hands to turn around our country in the right direction. We pray that Allah gives you the strength and good fortune to succeed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an honest, frank and objective view of an admirer, a mentee, and a loyalist. I hope it helps, and I apologize if it displeases you. My duty to you is to tell you the truth as I see it. I have no interest other than the progress of our party, our president, our government, and our country.\u201d<\/p>\n
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