Former FCT Minister and incoming governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has warned those elected into various public offices to be ready to work for the people or be voted out in the next cycle of elections.
The Governor-elect made this known to newsmen in Kaduna shortly after receiving the report of the All Progressives Congress, APC, transition committee.
Noting that Nigerians never thought it was possible to defeat an incumbent government before now, he stressed that the defeat suffered by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last election had proved that once elections are free and fair and the vote counts anyone can be removed from government whether incumbent or otherwise.
His words, “The message I have been passing to my colleagues in politics is that, now we all know that we must either work or be voted out in four years and there is no alternative, you must work in the interest of the people.
“Here in Kaduna, my partner and I, the deputy governor-elect will work as hard as we can to deliver true development and progress in the lives of our people and if we fail in four years we will be voted out and others will be voted in. So it is a good thing and that is how it should be”.
The former minister stated that the report of the transition committee was the beginning of efforts aimed at understanding the government and to see what has been left behind.
Reiterating his resolve to run a responsible and transparent government that will account for every penny that accrued to the state, he maintained that anyone who had stolen the state’s resources would be politely asked to return it or face necessary action.
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