- Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state says he doesn't plan to contest for president in 2019
- He also disclosed that the APC governors and ministers have decided to back the presiden's re-election bid
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state on Friday, September 8, said that he has no ambition to contest for the presidency in 2019.
It was gathered that while speaking with State House reporters, after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday, El-Rufai said the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors and ministers have decided to back Buhari to re-contest.
He said: “My name has continuously been mentioned as a Presidential aspirant since 2007 after my years in the FCT, there is nothing new about that.
“What I want to say here very, very clearly is that I have never been a Presidential aspirant, I have never even been a gubernatorial aspirant.
“I am governor today by the grace of God because President Buhari called me and said go and run for Governor of Kaduna state.
“As far as 2019 is concerned, my position is the President (Muhammadu Buhari) is looking very well, he is recuperating very fast. My hope and prayer is he will contest in 2019.”
Meanwhile,realfanzforum had previously reported that Governor El-Rufai said that President Buhari appointed Aisha Alhassan as a minister despite complaints by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
El-Rufai lambasted the minister of women affairs for being disloyal to the president, adding that she was never a Buhari supporter but a loyalist of former vice-president Atiku Abubakar.
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