The Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has vowed to continue removing “bad persons” from government and demolishing illegal structures until his last day in office.
The governor disclosed this on Saturday at the launch of a book on his legacies.
The book titled, “Putting The People First” was authored by a veteran journalist and public commentator, Emmanuel Ado.
Last week, the El-Rufai administration revoked the right of occupancy of nine properties belonging to the former governor of the state, Ahmed Makarfi, and marked them for demolition.
But the governor, who just had seven days left until the end of his tenure, said “Any bad thing we find, we will remove so that the next governor does not need to do it again. Watch out till the eleventh hour when we shall quit office. We will continue to sack bad persons and remove bad things,” he said.
Speaking at the event, Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, described his Kaduna counterpart as a fearless and outspoken Nigerian, who is not afraid to speak truth to power.
He said, “El-Rufai, for me, is one leader whose greatness defies categorisation. Governor El-Rufai embodies character, commitment and hard work. He is bold, courageous and daring with a strong spirit of justice, equity and fairness.
“He is socio-politically assertive and unbending in his loyalty to principles. Governor el-Rufai is never known to be a sycophant. I could remember his controversial letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, especially the one written in March 2017, that challenged him to deliver the people’s expectations to avoid falling on the wrong side of history.
“I don’t know how many governors will have the courage to write a sitting president of his party to say, ‘look, do the right thing’ being the expectations of the people, so that you will not be on the wrong side of history.
“It takes men of courage and character. No sycophantic person can do it.”
