El-Rufai, a former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, said he does not have the patience to be a lawmaker.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said he will be unable to function as a lawmaker in the National Assembly.
El-Rufai spoke on Monday as chairman of the distinguished parliamentarians lecture series of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies in Abuja.
Politicians in Nigeria have a penchant for heading to the National Assembly as a “retirement home” after their tenures as state governors.
However, El-Rufai, a former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, said he does not have the patience to be a lawmaker.
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“I can never function in legislature. The hard work required to lobby your colleagues for bills and motions to be passed is what some of us do not have and cannot stomach,” he said.
“In the legislature, all are equal and it is difficult to manage equals. In the executive, it is easy, because it is easy to manage your subordinates. I can hire and fire, but that is not the same with the legislature.
“I can never retire to the legislature because I cannot function there.”