{"id":84429,"date":"2023-03-14T11:37:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T10:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/i-didnt-buy-houses-syphon-government-money-to-dubai-el-rufai"},"modified":"2023-03-14T13:08:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T12:08:26","slug":"i-didnt-buy-houses-syphon-government-money-to-dubai-el-rufai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-didnt-buy-houses-syphon-government-money-to-dubai-el-rufai","title":{"rendered":"I didn\u2019t buy houses, syphon government money to Dubai \u2013 El-Rufai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has insisted that he did not syphon the State\u2019s money to Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>El-Rufai also challenged his predecessors in the State to come out and swear that they have never pilfered the state\u2019s treasury.<\/p>\n<p>The former FCT Minister stated this in an interview in Hausa monitored on a local TV and Radio station.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cI am happy that we constructed qualitative roads that would last for years. Not those kinds of roads they have constructed in the past, which after two years, after two rainy seasons, the roads would be bad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still have work to do. Our plan is that we want all roads in Kaduna to be tarred. Anyone who comes to Kaduna wouldn\u2019t see a muddy road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cThe people can see that we executed those projects with the loan we secured. We didn\u2019t syphon the money to Dubai and buy houses or go to Jabi Road and build a mansion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe aren\u2019t like such people. I became the Governor of Kaduna State with only one house located at Danja Street in Unguwan Sarki Kaduna. I have completed my tenure, Alhamdulillah&#8230;that is my only house. I don\u2019t have any other house. I didn\u2019t build a mansion. I don\u2019t even need it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has insisted that he did not syphon the State\u2019s money to Dubai. El-Rufai also challenged his predecessors in the State to come out and swear that they have never pilfered the state\u2019s treasury. 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