Former aide to the former president Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has revealed the former president, Olusegun Obasanjo’s take on the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai.
Obaanjo’s take on El-Rufai is contained in the volume 2 of his book, “My Watch”.
Reno Omokri took to his Facebook page to write:
This is an exact quote of former President Olusegun Obasanjo assessment of Nasir El-Rufai from page 412-413 of his book, My Watch Volume 2:
“A leader must know the character and ability of his subordinates. Character wise, Nasir has not much going for him. But he is a talented young man who can always deliver under close supervision. So, when Osita Chijoka approached, among others, propping Nasir as my possible successor, believing that whoever I supported would make it, which was a false belief; I did not hesitate to point to Nasir’s naivety and immaturity, talk less of his inability to give honour to whom honour is due.
My vivid recollection of him is penchant for lying, for unfair embellishment of stories and his inability to sustain loyalty for long. Two years after I had left office, Osita came to me to confirm how right I was on my assessment and judgement of Nasir. I knew what I could make him to achieve and he achieved it for my administration and for the country. I believe that he can still be used in public service but under guidance and sufficient oversight, making allowance for the psychology of “his petit size and his elephantine brain.” He was described as a malicious liar. He was more than that; he is a pathological purveyor of untruths and half-truths with little or no regard for integrity. In all of this, he unwittingly does more harm than good to himself.”
Who can know a man more than his boss of eight years?
