noFORMER Nasir El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State, has expressed reservations about the implementation of President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms, challenging the ability of people in charge of the programs. While conceding that some of the programs are based on traditional economic ideas, El-Rufai claimed that their implementation had been flawed. In an interview with Arise TV on Monday, February 24, El-Rufai stated that the government’s approach to several of the measures was incorrect.

Despite unresolved security reports, the former governor said that the National Assembly played no role in his exclusion and that Tinubu personally decided against appointing him.

In addition, the minister commented on Tinubu’s actions: “I don’t want to pass any judgment or make any opinion about the government because anything I say can be interpreted as a criticism. I supported some of the policies, most of the economic policies are the right orthodox policies but the sequencing is wrong, the quality of the people implementing the reforms is least much to be desired.”
reforms is least much to be desired.” Click HERE to comment on this story ⬇ El-Rufai further noted that some of the measures, particularly those aimed at curbing food inflation, could be counterproductive. “I think some of the reforms are just wrong. You don’t address food inflation by destroying domestic agriculture through importation, for instance. Food prices may be going down but farmers are being impoverished because they are being made to compete with subsidised agricultural products from Europe and other countries. So I have issues with many of them,” El Rufai said.