Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has criticized
Minister of Women Affair, Aisha Alhassan, and claims she was a supporter of
President Muhammadu Buhari.
El-Rufai stated this while speaking State House
correspondents, after meeting with the president on Friday.
The Governor said he was not surprised that Alhassan,
popularly called Mama Taraba, openly endorsed former Vice-President, Atiku
Abubakar.
El-Rufai also revealed that the Minister was not in Buhari’s
camp during the presidential primary election of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) and has never supported the president’s ideology.
According to him, Buhari ignored reservations expressed by
party members, when he decided to pick her as Minister.
The governor added that retaining or replacing her is “the
discretion of the president.”
By Ifreke Inyang
