The battle for Sir Kashim Ibrahim House has been rife with the likes of ex-governor Mukhtar Yero, Sen. Suleiman Hunkuyi, Sen. Shehu Sani, Hon. Isa Ashiru, Alhaji Sani Sidi, Dr. Muhammad Sani Bello among others jostling for the number one political position in the state.
But Aruwan speaking in an interactive session with reporters in Kaduna on Thursday noted that none of them can match Malam El-Rufai in terms of vision, governance, development programmes, clout, commitment to serve and move the state forward, focus on the job.
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Aruwan said, “none of the current aspirants for the position of governor of Kaduna state can beat Malam (el-Rufai). They only want power but they don’t have a clear-cut vision for development, clear-cut policy to move the state forward and statesmanship among others.
“Malam El-Rufai has empowered young men and women, he has ensured the emergence of young leaders, he has shown discipline in public service, development of the education sector, development of the health sector, significant reduction in maternal and child mortality.
“Since they cannot beat him in policy formulation and development, they decided to go with divisive politics, blackmail, pettiness, manipulation of religion and demonizing him as a path to succeed him.”
Aruwan noted that the Governor underwent tutelage both in public and private sector to be readied for a leadership position.
For instance, he said , “he was advisor to Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar in 1998, he was the Director General of the Bureau for Public Enterprise, he was FCT Minister where he achieved so much and so many firsts, he went to study law and obtained masters degree in public policy management from Harvard University as an Edward A. Mason Fellow. Also, study his rich and astute contributions to the political development of the country.”
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