Nasir el-Rufai, the governor of Kaduna state, says he
replicated the social programmes implemented by Rauf Aregbesola as the Osun
helmsman.
Aregbesola was governor of Osun state from 2010-2018.
Speaking on Saturday during a virtual colloquium to mark
Aregbesola’s 63rd birthday anniversary, the Kaduna governor said the programmes
struck him and helped him connect with Aregbesola.
Commending the impact of Aregbesola’s programmes in Osun,
El-Rufai said he was moved to replicate the programmes in Kaduna when he was
elected governor.
“He did many innovative things to create prosperity in Osun
and the results are clear.
“By the time I got elected as governor, I sent a team to
Osun state to look at some of these policies and adjust them for implementation
in Kaduna.
“I like copying whatever works, whatever succeeds because I
don’t think you need to reinvent the wheel or be too proud.
“If something works, I am shameless in copying it and I sent
a team to Rauf, they spent some time with him and we started the school feeding
programme. We also introduced these tablets the way he did. We copied Rauf.”
El-Rufai, however, blamed the drop in crude oil prices for
the disruption in the programme implementation in Osun.
“He could not stop the programmes so he kept borrowing to
fund them hoping that something would happen with oil prices. The legacy of
domestic debt that he left behind is as a result of funding social programmes
to reduce poverty and inequality which have been very successful but were
disrupted.”
Other panelists that participated in the colloquium were
Abubakar Bagudu, Kebbi state governor; Yemi Kale, the statistician general of
the federation; Yemi Cardoso, the chairman of Citibank; Bismarck Rewane, CEO,
Financial Derivatives Company; Hajara Adeola, Lotus Capital CEO; and Joe Abah,
DAI country director.
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