30/11/2021
I LOVE EL-- RUFA' I FOR HIS DARING AND EXPERIMENTAL TENDENCIES.
EL-- RUFA' I most of his life worked in Private sector and most recently in the Public sector as a Minister of the Federal Republic and then as State Governor.It.is my believe that his courage and the challenges he experiences in these two sectors made him so daring in his approach to issues.
He saw that all forms sentiments have cropped into public service including religious sentiment at the expense of competency . What will make a seasoned Public servant to look for " religion " instead of competency in a matter that has to do with the lives of the public ? Can such a person do the same when boarding a commercial vehicle? El - Rufa' I broke the jinx by introducing Muslim-- Muslim ticket and it is working in Kaduna and in the National Assembly. No one should complain in case of the emergence of Christian-- Christian .The lesson here is clear COMPETENCY AND NOT SENTIMENT.
TODAY he has declared Friday public holiday and it has become an issue. Why should it be?Muslims tolerated Sunday as public holiday for long ,why should Friday be an issue for God sake? I was expecting commentators to tell EL-- Rufa' I that declaring Friday public holiday will amount to waste of Millions of "Man hours" thus ,counter productive .Alas! the shout is not about the what Kaduna will miss in terms of man hours but religion, as if Muslims in this country are foreigners.
While I say Kudos to EL-- Rufa' I for changing the narratives for people to reason that we are one and equal, he should know that loosing millions of man hours is counter productive. He should fine a way of recovering the lost man hours either by increasing the other days' work by two hours or declare Saturday a work day.