It
has been revealed that Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state is not
actually sick but has enrolled as a part-time doctorate degree student
in Netherlands.
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State
It has been revealed that the Governor of Kaduna State Mallam Nasir
El-Rufai rumoured to have been flown abroad for medical attention might
actually have commenced receiving lectures as a part-time student of
Philosophy of Doctorate degree, PhD, in Governance and Policy Analysis
at United Nations University-Merit, Netherlands.
This was revealed in a report by Punch who stated that UNU-MERIT, a
research and training institute of United Nations University and
Maastricht University, based in the South of the Netherlands has been
closely involved in research for a variety of UN agencies, including the
International Labour Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund,
the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, and the World
Bank.
The UNU-MERIT is ranked 6th among the world best universities.
There has been wide speculation especial in the social media platform that the governor was flown for medical attention.
As at the time of filing this report, effort to reach the Special
Assistant to Governor El-Rufai on Media and Publicity, Mr Samuel Aruwan
proved abortive as a call to his cell phone indicated that he could not
be reached.
But an online post by the United Nations University-Merit dated
March 7th, 2017 at 8:23 pm noted that the university had received new
intakes among them, Governor El-Rufai.
It said, “United Nations University-Merit. Yesterday a new
batch of students started our Dual Career Training Programme to obtain a
PhD in governance and Policy Analysis(GPAC2). Good luck to all!
Also, a tweet by one of the lecturers of the university, read, “I’m looking forward to teaching H.E.@elrufai in November, student at UNU Merit/Maastricht University”
Also, a top government official, who would not want his names in
print because he was not permitted to speak on the matter, said: “the governor is not sick but he is attending a program abroad.”
He added, “That is why the Deputy Governor, Mr Barnabas
Yusuf-Bala, is presently Acting Governor pending the return of the
governor after the program.”
El-Rufai, a first class Quantity Surveyor graduate of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
The governor is also an alumni of Harvard University.
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