Soludo's Solution Of Anger And Innuendo By Nasir El Rufai | Sahara Reporters

Soludo's Solution Of Anger And Innuendo By Nasir El Rufai | Sahara Reporters  -   

The article attached above is Mr. El'Rufai's response to Professor Soludo's take on his (El'Rufai) Book - "The accidental Public Servant." We post both articles here for your convenience. 

I bought a copy of the book from Amazon, and it was an interesting read. The feud between these two gentlemen is unnecessary. Judging from my reading of the book, I must not hesitate to conclude that both of them served the country to the best of their ability while they were in government. I have no doubt in my mind that given an opportunity to serve in a Presidential capacity, they will do better than what we have seen so far in our leadership since independence.

Disclosure: 

I am an admirer of Mr. El Rufai  I have, on several instances on this Blog stated categorically that he is a Presidential Material. Though my opinion of him - based exclusively on the contents of his book - may have changed, my view of him as a gifted leader, remains the same.  He knows the essence of power and how to use it to achieve further goals. For instance, when Obasanjo and his administration set up the EFCC, they did not provide budget for funding the new agency. There was no provision for accommodation or personnel for the new crime fighting boss (Nuhu Ribadu) to start with. According to Mr. El Rufai,  he had to interpret certain Clauses in his own Bureau of Public Enterprise enabling law in order to be able to arrange for initial funding (loan) for Mr Nuhu Ribadu and the EFCC. He didn't say Ol Boy, "my hands are tied." No, he went ahead, and with the approval of the Vice President, Abubakar Atiku, he made a One Hundred Million Naira loan available to Mr. Ribadu as a take off capital. In addition, he provided him with an office space inside of Bureau of Public Enterprise and about two staffs from his personnel.  That, Nigerians, is my definition of true leadership - ability to make the system works, without regard to whose ox is being gored. So far, no one has disputed that part of the book. So, I take it to be true. That is the way "a man in charge" should behave - innately creative and goal oriented.

A disturbing observation: I cannot understand why Mr. El Rufai is finding it difficult to extricate himself from Buhari's shadow. If he cannot run for President now, there might not be another time.  I understand that he has stupendous wealth and a sprawling property at the choicest area of the Federal Capital Territory. That is not unexpected of a man who was BPE Boss for many years and Minister of FCT for about four years. I cut him some slack because he is a performer. If other Nigerians who acquired sprawling edifices at FCT were as productive as EL Rufai in the offices that held, Nigeria would have been a better place by now.   And as Jesus Christ would say let He who without sin cast the first stone.