el -rufai is dismayed by the blatant falsehood
being practised as journalism by the union
newspapers. He has consequently directed his
legal team to vigorously enforce his rights to
protect his reputation from the vandalism of
irresponsible hacks.
The union chose to write a spurious story alleging
n 90b as his assets declaration without seeing the
declaration made by malam el rufai. The circle of
blackmail that did the story claimed they heard a
rumour, and they pursued the rumour so
vigorously they transformed it into news .
When some of their cohorts made contact with the
governor’ s media team insisting that they respond
to rumour, they were told that it is better if they
chose the more legitimate route of agitating for a
public asset declaration.
Fair minded people who read the story will notice
that it is not grounded in any evidence . It is just
the animus of blackmailers who regard malam
nasir el -rufai as easy prey. But since his
reputation is not based on purchased kudos , he
cannot be compelled into accommodation with
venal people masquerading as journalists .
Malam nasir el - rufai is a privileged nigerian. He
qualified as a chartered quantity surveyor early in
life and became a dollar millionaire in his twenties.
He is a respected leader in in his professional
field but as successful as he has been in his
career, he certainly has neither n 90 billion nor 40
mansions .
He will not be distracted from his total focus on
making kaduna great again . In this endeavour , he
will continue to be accessible to practitioners of
responsible journalism .
Samuel aruwan
special assistant, media
02 july 2015
