“My criticism of former President Goldluck Jonathan due to inexperience, I apologise” – El-Rufai

Son of the former Governor of Kaduna State and member representing Kaduna North Federal Constituency, Bello El-Rufai, said he criticised the former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan out of inexperience of what governance was all a out.

The younger El-Rufai apologising publicly said, he did that not as a result of his inexperience, but due to his youthfulness too, saying the ex-President should forgive him.

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He apologised to Jonathan on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday which was monitored by CAPITAL POST in Abuja.

The lawmaker in the House of Representatives said, he got a clearer understanding of Jonathan’s leadership perspectives after observing his father’s recent efforts to consult with the former president.

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“And he said he was going to see President Jonathan, and I paused because when I was naive or when I thought ego or gratification mattered, I used to be very active in criticising President Jonathan,” El-Rufai said.

“I even forgot in my naivety, as many young people do, that we had governance then. And I found my father saying that he is going to consult President Jonathan. I said, ‘please when you see him, tell him I am very sorry, I am wiser now’,” he added.

He praised Jonathan for conceding defeat in the 2015 presidential election, describing it as a rare act of statesmanship in African politics.

“The system is a problem. Now, why did I mention President Jonathan? It takes a lot, particularly in Africa, to lose an election and leave—he did that,” El-Rufai said.

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