The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has warned that the patience of the youth must not be tested further with the refusal to confirm the nomination of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, for appointment as minister of the Federal Republic.
Daily Times report that, A statement by AYCF president, Yerima Shettima, made available to journalists on Wednesday, said the youth “and, indeed, Northern Nigeria felt humiliated by the news that out of the 48 names submitted to the Senate by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, el-Rufai is among the only three whose confirmations were differed.”
We regret to report that certain dubious political forces are targeting Nasir el-Rufai for such irreverent treatment as part of a larger plan to deny the North and the younger generation of Nigerians fair representation in the upcoming government.
El-Rufai is one of the best, if not the best, of all the candidates the president submitted, therefore it is strange that he was one of the only three to be rejected without explanation.
“We think it’s misleading for the Senate to cite security checks as a justification for not confirming el-Rufai because it’s well known that the list of ministerial nominees underwent security review before being submitted to the Senate.
We can confidently assert that el-Rufai, Hannatu Musawa, Bello Matawalle, and Festus Keyamo are, by far, the finest representation of the young generation of Nigerians on the list, even at the risk of overstating the case.
El-Rufai’s rejection for flimsy reasons, Shettima stated, “will therefore amount to unwarranted provocation to Kaduna State, the North, and to the Nigerian youths.”
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