Nasir El'Rufai. |
Nasir el-Rufai,
governor of Kaduna state, has reached out to some pastors in the state for
support, saying as a human being, he is not immune to mistakes.
The governor said this
during a town hall meeting with some pastors under the umbrella of Pastors United
For Change Association (PUCA), on Saturday.
He explained to them
that his choice of Hadiza Balarabe, a Muslim, as his running mate in the March
2 gubernatorial poll, had nothing to do with religion.
The governor, who had
earlier said 67 percent of the Christians would not vote for him even if he
picked the pope as running mate, told the pastors he chose Balarabe based on
merit.
“In my life I have
never worked with people based on religious and ethnic consideration. Don’t
look at what people said but what I have done in the past,” el-Rufai said.
“Go through my records
and see what I have done. On the issue of my running mate, we are encouraging
women participation in politics, she is a competent woman.
“Only Kaduna state has
male/female governorship ticket in northern Nigeria. Prof.Andrew Nok, our late
commissioner for education, brought Dr.Hadiza Balarabe when we were looking for
someone that can revive our primary health in the state and she performed
excellently well.
“I don’t know her before.
Her choice as running mate has nothing to do with religion… I am confident
that, my running mate will run the state effectively and will be fair to all in
the state even if I am not around.
“When you get into
office politics stop. You must be fair to all. Check our records in the last
three years and six months, we have worked.
“We built, repaired
primary, secondary schools. We fixed our primary health centres… I’m human and
I can make mistakes like any other person. I will be fair to everybody.
“We must unite our
people for progress. I want Kaduna state to interact on the basis of humanity
not religion and ethnicity.”
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