Tinubu, Akpabio, others to launch book about El-Rufai’s eight years in Kaduna

A book about Nasir El-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna State, is scheduled to be released on Saturday by the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the Chairman of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and the former Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi.

Putting The People First: The El-Rufai Years is a 412-page compilation of articles on the eight years of the El-Rufai administration as governor of Kaduna State, written by seasoned journalist Emmanuel Ado.

Speaking to reporters on Monday in Kaduna, Co-Chairman of the Public Presentation Organizing Committee Tony Maude said the book, which had been recommended by Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege, “provides perspectives on a wide range of issues: agenda setting, policy statements, budget, Internally Generated Revenue, Local Government and Public Service reforms, and the perennial security challenges confronting the State, including the nagging Southern Kaduna question.”

According to Maude, Emmanuel Ado’s collection of articles titled “Putting The People First: The EI-Rufai Years” details the eight years that El-Rufai served as governor of Kaduna State. Emmanuel Ado has been a resident of Kaduna for more than 50 years and is a senior journalist and media consultant with extensive experience.

According to Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege, the Deputy Senate President, in his Forward to the book, “Putting The People First: The El-Rufai Years ‘provides perspectives on a wide range of issues: agenda setting, policy statements, budget, Internally Generated Revenue [IGR], Local Government and Public Service reforms, the perennial security challenges confronting the State and the nagging Southern Kaduna question, amid the regime of conspiracy theories as well as the COVID

Additionally, he claimed that the book made a “immense contribution to governance and political leadership in Nigeria” and that it documented “political stewardship and the trope of governance,” both of which Nigeria has lacked.

For politicians, administrators, political scientists, researchers, students, and the general public, this book is a valuable resource on El-Rufai’s tenure as governor of Kaduna State.

He added that “His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President-Elect, Federal Republic of Nigeria will grace the occasion as the Special Guest of Honour, Sen. Uba Sani, Governor-Elect, Kaduna State will serve as Chief Presenter, HRH, Khalifa Muhammad Sanusi II, 14th Emir of Kano as Chairman and HRH, Amb. Ahmed Nuhu Bamali, Emir of Zazzau as Royal Father of the Day.

Sen. Godswill Akpabio, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor of Lagos State, Barr. Simon Lalong, Governor of Plateau State and Chairman of the Northern Governors’ Forum, Aliko Dangote, President of the Dangote Group, and Dr. Bashir Jamoh, Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, are among the guests of honor.