Loquacious Governor Nasir el-Rufai Of Kaduna State has, again, stirred controversy when he said, albeit jocularly, that “people of Kaduna see those from Kano as their slaves”.
Governor el-Rufai reportedly said this while explaining what transpired between his former Chief of Staff and the former Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi.
During the last economic summit held in hios state, the immediate past Chief of Staff of the governor, Muhammed Sani Abdullahi, had addressed Sanusi as a former Emir and Sanusi warned him not to try such again.
Shortly after this, he was redeployed to the Ministry of Budget and Planning Commission as Commissioner.
But during his media chat, Governor el-Rufai clarified that the removal of his Chief of Staff had nothing to do with his statement about Sanusi as speculated.
Governor el-Rufai said those who linked the joke to his cabinet reshuffle do not know how government works.
He also said Mohammed Sani’s appointment as Chief of Staff drew attention to him and placed him under pressure because people thought he was brought to government house for a reason.
“I heard so many people saying on social media saying that it’s wrong to make the changes by taken this here and there. They even said I moved him to another ministry because my friend was not happy he addressed him as former Emir, all this is nonsense.