{"id":152624,"date":"2025-02-24T21:51:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T20:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tinubu-failing-in-expectations-of-moving-nigeria-to-highest-level-el-rufai"},"modified":"2025-02-27T00:07:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T23:07:24","slug":"tinubu-failing-in-expectations-of-moving-nigeria-to-highest-level-el-rufai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-failing-in-expectations-of-moving-nigeria-to-highest-level-el-rufai","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu failing in expectations of moving Nigeria to highest level \u2013 El-Rufai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State, has hinted that President Bola Tinubu is not living up to the expectations of taking Nigeria to the highest level.<\/p>\n<p>El-Rufai said there were hopes of Tinubu moving Nigeria forward based on his past records.<\/p>\n<p>He disclosed this on Arise TV\u2019s programme, Prime Time on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>According to El-Rufai: \u201cTwo years after the election of President Tinubu, none of the party organs are functioning, the progressive ideals are not being pursued with vigour and the very high expectations we had of the president to take this country to the highest level based on his track record in Lagos is somehow not materializing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recently, El-Rufai had criticized the All Progressives Congress, APC, for lack of internal democracy.<\/p>\n<p>He also accused the APC organs of failing to meet in the past two years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna State, has hinted that President Bola Tinubu is not living up to the expectations of taking Nigeria to the highest level. El-Rufai said there were hopes of Tinubu moving Nigeria forward based on his past records. 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