It's unfair to return as minister after 20 years, El-Rufai caught in trending video

<p>El-Rufai believed it would be unfair for him to accept a ministerial appointment 20 years after his stint as the FCT Minister.</p>, <span>Nasir El-rufai</span>, <h2>The immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has been caught in a trending video discussing how it is unfair for him to take up a ministerial appointment at his current age.</h2>, <p>El-Rufai gained national prominence during his time as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) under former President Olusegun Obasanjo's government.</p>, <p>His four-year stint ran from 2023 to 2007, and he has since gone on to govern Kaduna State for two terms.</p>, <p>Sometime last year, El-Rufai publicly vowed not to seek or accept any political appointment after leaving office on May 29, 2023, expressing his desire to return to lecturing.</p>, <p>Some days before the presidential election, he also condemned the notion that his support for the then-APC candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was motivated by his quest for a political appointment.</p>, <p>But, the former governor's name made it to the ministerial list President Tinubu forwarded to the Senate on Thursday, July 27, 2023, for screening and confirmation.</p>, <img src="https://cdn-fmcrawler.shalltry.com/public/prod/files/images/2023-07-30/original/17521399-e781-4933-b58e-1f9b4b70a77a.jpg">, <span>President Bola Tinubu and former Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai. Twitter:HassanBBest</span>, <p>Many Nigerians were stunned by the development and have since been questioning the integrity of the minister-designate.</p>, <p>Amidst all that, a video has now surfaced online showing El-Rufai explaining why it would be inappropriate of him to jostle for a ministerial position this year.</p>, <p>Speaking in Hausa, he said, “You became a minister at forty-three and after twenty years then you become a minister at sixty-three? What of your children and younger brothers? Will they not become ministers? Is the position meant for you alone? I don’t like this. Let go of this topic.</p>, <