- Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna state, was reported not to have an interest in becoming a federal minister
- Bello el-Rufai, the son of the former governor and federal lawmaker from Kaduna state, said he and other family members convinced his father to accept the ministerial slot
- Recall that the Senate rejected to nomination El-Rufai and two other ministerial nominees of President Bola Tinubu
Bello El-Rufai, the son of the former governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufa, and lawmaker representing the Kaduna north federal constituency in the House of Representatives, has said Nigeria lost an effective administrator for the senate to have rejected his father.
According to the lawmaker, he and other members of the family pleaded with the father to accept the ministerial nomination from President Bola Tinubu.
