{"id":351800,"date":"2025-01-09T07:49:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T06:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=351800"},"modified":"2025-01-09T07:49:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T06:49:35","slug":"apc-governors-not-behind-tinubus-rejection-of-el-rufai-as-minister-nasarawa-gov-sule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/09\/apc-governors-not-behind-tinubus-rejection-of-el-rufai-as-minister-nasarawa-gov-sule\/","title":{"rendered":"APC governors not behind Tinubu\u2019s rejection of El-Rufai as minister \u2013 Nasarawa gov, Sule"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>He also stated that El-Rufai has not left the party as rumours of his imminent exit from the party continue to gain traction<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Nasarawa State governor, Abdullahi Sule, says the constitution and composition of the federal government cabinet is at the whim and discretion of president Bola Tinubu cabinet and not governors.<\/p>\n<p>Sule said this in reaction to Tinubu\u2019s decision to exclude former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai from his cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that El-Rufai was one the governors who supported Tinubu as the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the last general elections.<\/p>\n<p>To reward his support, Tinubu nominated El-Rufai as one of his ministers three months after his inauguration.<\/p>\n<p>However, El-Rufai was rejected by the Senate during the ministerial screening process.<\/p>\n<p>Sule, a member of the Progressive Governors Forum, stated that APC governors had no hand<br \/>\nin the ministerial nomination travails of El-Rufai.<\/p>\n<p>He also stated that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/09\/el-rufai-still-apc-member-gov-sule\/\">El-Rufai has not left the APC<\/a> as rumours of his imminent exit from the party continue continue to gain traction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEl-Rufai has not left our party; he is still part of our party,\u201d Sule said on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today programme on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat led to his (El-Rufai\u2019s) nomination, what led to his rejection by the Senate or by the security agencies, to be honest with you, are not issues we discussed either at the Progressives Governors Forum or even the Nigeria Governors Forum. They are not issues because what doesn\u2019t concern us, we can do nothing about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the prerogative of Mr President to nominate whoever should be his minister and he nominated. Also, there are agencies, including the National Assembly, that either confirm or reject, and they rejected (him),\u201d said the Nasarawa governor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He also stated that El-Rufai has not left the party as rumours of his imminent exit from the party continue to gain traction Nasarawa State governor, Abdullahi Sule, says the constitution and composition of the federal government cabinet is at the whim and discretion of president Bola Tinubu cabinet and not governors. 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