A group under the aegis of Forum for Transparency and Accountability in Governance on Friday called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to consider El-Rufai for any ministerial position.
The group urged the president not to succumb to pressures by any politician with pending allegation of fraud-related cases in court or at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) to be appointed into his cabinet under the guise of being a loyal party member.
INDEPENDENT reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has a statutory period of 60 days to make the list available to the upper legislative Chamber for screening.
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Speaking in a statement jointly signed by its Convener, Dr Bala Musa Mustapha, Secretary General, Mr Nouel Malama and Director of Publicity, Nafisa Hamid Jika respectively maintained that President Tinubu should tread with caution and not to appoint politicians with questionable character into his cabinet.
Given that he is standing trial for allegedly embezzling N32 billion revenue from sales of Federal Government Houses between 2005 and 2007 when he was the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, the group said that Malam Nasir El-Rufai should be kept at arm’s length and be isolated from the corridor of power, if the present administration should be taken seriously.
The group revealed that the prosecution of El-Rufai was progressing at the Federal High Court until he became governor of Kaduna State in May 2015 when immunity of office halted it.
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