El-Rufai gives tips on how to defeat godfathers in Lagos politics

- Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has given his thoughts on the god-fatherism syndrome in Lagos politics

- El-Rufai said the political godfathers in Lagos could be defeated by new entrants in politics

- The governor said he defeated and retired four political godfathers in Kaduna state, adding that the feat could be replicated anywhere

The governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has advised Lagosians on how to end godfatherism in the state’s politics.

El-Rufai gave the advice on Saturday, May 4, while responding to questions after delivering a lecture at an event in Lagos, Eagle Online reports.

The governor said he defeated and retired four political godfathers in Kaduna state, adding that the feat could be replicated anywhere, including Lagos state.

His words: “Let me tell you something sir: you know, Kaduna state used to be like that. There were three or four politicians in Kaduna that you could not become anything unless you had them on your side.

“Those were the godfathers of Kaduna politics and you had to carry them along and you know, the three words, ‘carry them along’ mean paying them regularly.

“But we chose a different path and the long and short of it now is that after this election in 2019, we have retired all of them.

“We had to. Here in Lagos, you have over six million registered voters, only about a million voted (in 2019 general elections).

“Five million did not vote. If I want to run for governor of Lagos, I will start now. I will commission a study to know why those five million registered voters did not vote.Where do they go on election day? Then I will start visiting them for the next four years.

“I will try and get just two million of them to come and vote for me. I will defeat any godfather. The key is to go to the people. The card reader and the biometric register have given us the tools to connect directly with the people.

“I assure you if you do that for the next four years, connecting with the people, the tin godfather, you will retire him or her permanently. But it is hard work. It requires three to four years of hard work. So, if you want to run in 2023, you should start now.”

On funding, Governor El-Rufai said it would require about N2 billion to achieve the feat.

He said: “With about N2 billion, if you start, you see these guys with black ties, they will give you the N2 billion.

“Many of the godfathers are either on paper or in the mind of people in politics. They are defeatable. We retired four of them in Kaduna state within a four-year time and they are gone.

“One of them boasted that he put me in the government house and he would take me out.”

Meanwhile, a group, Citizens’ Rights Crusade Network (CRCN), on Sunday, May 5, identified political players and public office holders as masterminds of the rising cases of banditry, kidnapping and killings ravaging Zamfara state.

The group specifically stated that politicians benefiting from illegal gold mining in Zamfara were the ones sponsoring the endless unrest in the area.

CRCN, therefore, called on the attention of the international community and relevant security agencies to save Nigerians from the hands of politicians causing unrest in the north-west region.

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