A coalition of Quranic Reciters, Memorizers and Learners has called on the Senate not to confirm former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai for appointment as minister.
El-Rufai is listed among the 28 ministerial nominees President Bola Tinubu submitted to the senate for screening and confirmation. According to Daily Trust, the coalition stated this at a press conference on Sunday in Bauchi addressed by Sheikh Sidi Ali, Director of Education, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi Foundation.
Ali said appointing El-Rufai as a minister is repugnant to natural justice, equity, and good conscience, insisting that El-Rufai’s name should be removed in the interest of justice, peace, harmony and development of the country.
Daily Trust quoted Sidi as saying, “We have seen the name of the former Kaduna State Governor Mallam Nasir ElrufaI, a man that openly showed his hatred for Qur’anic students when he went to the House of Maulana Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi and evacuated hundreds of students with teargas late in the night in his effort to stop learning and memorization of the Holy Quran.
“Such kind of a person that has no respect for fundamental human right of a human beings, has no respect for their rights under the constitution of Nigeria that include freedom to live wherever you want, freedom of religion should not be considered for any appointment talk less of ministerial appointment.
“In fact, it is like confrontation with the Almighty Allah and it will not help the government or the country considering the security socio economic challenges bedeviling the country.
“For that we are appealing to President Tinubu to withdraw his name in the best interest of the country, peace, harmony, stability, respect for the laws of the land.
“Tinubu should withdraw his name from the list he sent to the National Assembly in the interest of the country and should not appointed him for any position, in order to do justice to the people of the Quran, and Nigerians.
“We have made so many pleas to President Tinubu to be wary of El-Rufai and his likes who do not want to support learning and memorisation of the Quran.
“We are surprised to see the name of El-Rufai among his ministerial list.
“If the President wants to succeed he should quickly withdraw his name and replace him with a better, qualified and detribalised Nigerian who will not discriminate against the Almajiri system of education.”
Credit: Daily Trust
