Nasir El-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna, has been urged not to leave Nigeria after the 2023 elections by former Lagos governor Bola Tinubu.
On Saturday in Kaduna, the presidential candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) spoke.
At the sixth KadInvest, an annual gathering put on by the Kaduna State Investment Promotion Agency, he addressed the audience.
Former FCT minister El-Rufai received advice from Tinubu to “remain back” and work to improve the nation rather than “run away.”
“Nigeria needs thinkers and doer. I’m openly begging Nasir El-Rufai not to run away for (an) additional degree.
“He’s going to Cairo (for) Ph.D…and everything. There are (a) lot of educated drelics (sic). We are not going to let you run away.
“Your vision, creativity and resiliency in turning a rotten situation to a bad one (sic) is necessary at this critical time.
“That is why we are why today”, the APC co-founder said in his speech.
El-Rufai, his counterparts from Jigawa and Kebbi, Muhammad Abubakar and Atiku Bagudu, and former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Lamido Sanusi were among those present at the ceremony.
The Minister of State for Industry, Trade, and Investment, Maryam Katagum, spoke on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari.
An ex-emir of Kano named Sanusi gave the keynote address on “Improving subnational resilience against global economic shocks.”
