Makarfi Ambassadors have replied the Kaduna State Governor, Mal. Nasir El-Rufai over an audio trending on social media,where he alleged that the money former Senator Ahmed Makarfi got in his second term in office as Governor of the State is far more than what his administration got in eight years.
According to the group, El-Rufai’s statement about Senator Makarfi’s administration is nothing, but a clear evidence of either someone out of mind or face saving device to cover up for the mismanagement of loans collected from world bank and commercial banks .
The group further said ,”It is grossly insensitive and out of common sense for an incumbent Governor to come out openly to say a Governor with verifiable records of performance,such as Senator Makarfi didn’t do anything tangible that could be traced to his administration, when in same audio he contradicted him saying he built roads, school and other infrastructures, but he borrowed loan .
“In the audio widely circulated by mischief makers Senator Makarfi’s hard earned reputation as a Governor, El-Rufai asked why Senator Makarfi borrowed loan with amount of money available to his government and did nothing with it ,but he (El-Rufai)collected loan,but worked with it and the works are there for everyone to see.
Reacting to what Makarfi Ambassadors described as “unfortunate and cheap” blackmail, the group said, Governor Nasir El-Rufai required a medical attention to check his state of mind, the group in a statement jointly signed by Mr. Abdullahi Ahmed, Coordinator General-Matters, and Engr Bolade Aina, Coordinator Planning/Strategy,”Governor El-Rufai does not not the have moral right to question the loan collected by the Makarfi administration , because eyes are not blind to the highly quality and visible dividends of democracy .
It however, challenged Governor El-Rufai to make Public the amount of foreign and domestic loan collected by his government and how they spent; the money accrued from sales of government houses and pension and gratuities of sacked civil servants.
The statement further reads:”We can’t see or understand the correlation between Makarfi led government that came into office in 1999 and left 2907 and that of El-Rufai, who took over office in 2015 after Makarfi’s three successors namely: Former Governor Namadi Sambo; Late Governor Patrick Yakowa and Former Governor Ramalan Yero.
“This blame game from an incumbent Governor of a State is undoubtedly a sign of weakness; failure and fear of being sent to jail for mismanaging public funds after leaving office .
“El-Rufai is apparently jittery about imminent election defeat and so,resort to character assassination of perceived enemies,who he viewed as working against his anointed governorship Candidate .
“Let’s us categorically state here that Kaduna citizens can’t be fooled again with his political antics of divide and rule system to win election. Come March 18, the Kaduna people will speak in loud voice again as they did during the presidential elections and send him and cronies out of sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House.
“We are proud to be associated with Senator Makarfi any day as he remains the best Governor,who judiciously used the available resources to develop Kaduna State and better lots of the people.”
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