President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday called the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, a ‘bulldozer driver’
The unusual appellation occurred two days after the Kaduna State’s controversial demolition of a building used by a faction of the governing All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State.
The building, located at 11b Sambo Road, was demolished on Tuesday morning.
While greeting El-Rufai shortly before the National Executive Council, NEC, meeting on Thursday, President Buhari referred to him as ‘ Mai tuka bulldozer,’ the Hausa term for ‘Bulldozer driver’.
The video of the greeting was shot by an online TV, Oak TV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPY_OY4XjqQ
The mention of the new name was followed by a round of laughter by other governors present at the scene. Some observers say the remark depicts Buhari’s tacit approval of the action which has generated public debate. Other have dismissed it as a joke.
The Kaduna State Urban Planning and Development Agency (KAPSUDA) in a statement signed by its Director-General, Ibrahim Husseini, said the demolition was part of operations the agency was undertaking across Kaduna metropolis in compliance with its mandate. KASUPDA said the land will be turned into a public park.
The All Progressives Congress, (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) on Thursday set up a 3-man committee to look into the crisis rocking the Kaduna state chapter of the party.
The three-man committee to be led by the Deputy National Chairman (South), Engineer Segun Oni is ‘’to embark on a fact-finding mission to Kaduna State with a view to identifying the remote and immediate causes of the disagreement and the circumstance that led to the demolition of the house of Senator Hunkuyi.’’
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