The Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has replied
the Senator representing Bayelsa east, Senator Ben Murray Bruce over his
recent comment on who should be given credit for the Abuja-Kaduna
railway.
President Muhammadu Buhari recently commissioned ten new coaches and two locomotives in Rigasa, Kaduna State.
Bruce had told el-Rufai, that his (El-Rufai’s) hatred for late former President, Musa Ya’Adua has clouded his judgment on who initiated the Abuja-Kaduna railway.
The lawmaker said this in response to the governor’s reaction to his
first tweet that the immediate past President, Goodluck Jonathan should
be honoured for the success of the railway.
He wrote, “Your dislike of the late Yar’adua may have clouded your judgment. I made no mention of the ‘Abuja light railway’.
“My tweet referred to the Abuja-Kaduna railway which IS a product of
the Jonathan administration. I am happy to publicly debate this with
you.”
El-Rufai while reacting to Bruce’s tweet said, “Facts cannot be
debated. Opinions are free. While the Obasanjo administration was
conceiving the rail modernization programme, Sen Ben-Bruce was
organizing beauty contests and Jonathan was a deputy governor. I am not
cluelessly common-sensical!”
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