Imams fault Senate over non-confirmation of El-Rufai’s ministerial nomination

The Council of Imams and Ulamas in Kaduna State has faulted the Senate’s decision to defer the confirmation of the state’s former governor, Nasir El-Rufai’s ministerial nomination.  The Senate had on Monday withheld the confirmation of El-Rufai and two other ministerial nominees over pending security checks.  A “strong petition” was raised against El-Rufai concerning security, […]

The Council of Imams and Ulamas in Kaduna State has faulted the Senate’s decision to defer the confirmation of the state’s former governor, Nasir El-Rufai’s ministerial nomination. 

The Senate had on Monday withheld the confirmation of El-Rufai and two other ministerial nominees over pending security checks. 

A “strong petition” was raised against El-Rufai concerning security, unity and national cohesion when the former Kaduna governor appeared for screening on the floor of the Senate. 

However, the Council of Imams and Ulamas, at a news conference in Kaduna yesterday, described the Senate’s decision as politics of vendetta and abuse of power against the former governor. 

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The council urged the Senate to immediately clear El-Rufai as a minister.