Gates had attended an expanded
meeting of the national executive council (NEC) where he said the execution
process of the economic and recovery growth plan (ERGP) did not reflect the
needs of Nigerians.
But el-Rufai who was at the
meeting responded by saying it was wrong for Gates to have said that.
Speaking at the close of Kaduna
Investment Summit on Thursday, el-Rufai said all he did was put “things in
context”.
The governor said he told the
Microsoft founder that he correctly identified the problem with the country’s
economy but was looking at the wrong place for solution.
“I made a comment that was
reported widely as attacking Bill Gates. It was not an attack on Bill Gates, it
merely putting things in context,” he said.
“What I told Mr. Gates is that
you have identified the problem correctly, but you are looking at the wrong
tier of government to handle it.
“The state and local governments have
the responsibilities to invest in education and healthcare. So, it is up to
state governments to invest more in education and healthcare and I gave example
of what we are doing in Kaduna. I also urged my colleagues, the governors to do
same. Because, unless the state governments do so, the country will be clapping
with one hand. That is what I said, but it was misrepresented to mean that I
was attacking Bill Gates.
“There is nothing wrong with
attacking Bill Gates, we can differ, but that is not what happened, I merely
explained the context, where the investment should be.”
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