Nasir El-Rufai, the ex-governor of Kaduna State, expressed concern that Nigeria is facing a crisis due to the rise of bandits in leadership roles.
He believes that Nigerians continue to make the same mistake by electing incompetent leaders.
El-Rufai made these statements during a public lecture in Abuja, where he delivered a goodwill message at an event celebrating the 60th birthday of former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi.
The lecture focused on the theme, ‘Weaponisation of poverty as a means of underdevelopment: A case study of Nigeria’.
El-Rufai said, “Nigeria is in its biggest trouble since 1914, and that is why we are together working and conspiring to build a coalition to take Nigeria back on track because it is off track.
“It has turned to this level because we have allowed bandits, not the ones in the bushes, but the ones in the urban area, called the urban bandits, to take over leadership.
“I believe that the problem that we have is that we just get incompetent people, and we hand over leadership to them. Most of them don’t really know what to do. They just know how to grab power but don’t know what to do with it.”
The ex-FCT minister affirmed that Nigerians must stand up and vote for leaders who have the competence, capability, capacity and commitment to move the country forward.
