Kaduna State Governor, Nasir
El-Rufai, has said many Nigerians believe that governors are corrupt.
He said this while explaining
some of the challenges governors face in their respective states in a
‘KadInvest 5.0′ chat aired on Channels Television on Monday.
According to him, governors are
the most suspected elected officials in the country.
El-Rufai lamented that many governors
came into power at a period when oil prices had crashed.
He said, “In terms of economic
viability, we came in when oil prices were crashing to the 20s and we had
inherited wages.
“All of a sudden, Nigeria went
into recession. President (Muhammadu) Buhari had to bail 27 out of 36 states
that could not pay salaries.
“Meanwhile, while we are facing
that, the expectations of people were on the high side because of our change
campaign. So, people expected the change overnight.
“Thirdly, governors are the most
suspected elected officials. Everyone thinks governors are thieves and we are
wasting the government’s resources, we are not doing anything, and so on.”
He also expressed the displeasure
that despite their “difficult” tasks, governors have a negative image.
“Governors are assumed to be
taking security votes. When they (Nigerians) hear security votes, they think it
is a slush fund for governors.
“So, we have a very negative
image out there; whereas we have the most difficult jobs in the world.
“We are sub-national, so our
capacity to borrow is limited. The FG can borrow, they are a sovereign. A
sovereign is not expected to go bankrupt, so they can issue bonds, and get
loans from abroad. They get loans from the World Bank, we cannot,” the governor
added.
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com