El-Rufai explodes, dares Tinubu to tell Nigerians he has not paid trillion of naira for subsidy since inception

In an interview with Journalists after delivering his paper on the theme: ‘Management and Public Coverage: Navigating Challenges and Classes’, El-Rufai stated, “a very good chief have to be decisive and have the power to make good choices, reliable, empower others no matter political, non secular or ethnic issues, have clear communication expertise and resilient in all ramifications.

“Although, it’s too early to guage the current administration, is simply been there for less than 9 (9) months, and you realize management is figure in progress, you begin one thing as I stated in my speech, you begin a coverage since you are completely certain is the precise coverage, however in the middle of implementation, if you happen to see bottlenecks, you modify, as a result of the important thing phrase in management in my opinion just isn’t ideology or something, is pragmatism.

“It is best to at all times be pragmatic. You aren’t God, solely God is ideal, in order a very good chief, once you make a coverage and also you began implementing, and it doesn’t appear to work nicely, it’s best to have the humility to face again and stated, this isn’t working.

“For instance, if you happen to appoint an individual to a place and he isn’t performing to expectation, it’s best to have the humility to say look, I would like a greater particular person to do the job completely. Management is a steady factor and in a time period of 4 years, you’ll be able to’t assess a authorities of 9 months.

“However as I additionally stated earlier throughout my presentation, the removing of gas subsidy by the current administration is one other good coverage by President Tinubu. I’ve at all times supported withdrawal of gas subsidy. However as you’ll be able to see, in the middle of implementation, the federal government has now realized that the subsidy needs to be again, as a result of proper now, we’re paying some huge cash amounting to trillions of naira for subsidy much more than earlier than, as a result of the impression has been seen and the packages of assist that can scale back the impression haven’t been efficient in lowering the impression, and so, the federal authorities has to backpedal by subsidizing petrol.