On January 5, President Muhammadu Buhari commissioned the Abuja-Kaduna
light railway lines inKaduna state. shortly after the photos of his train ride
with Kaduna state Governor, Nasir El Rufai surfaced on the social media,
Senator Ben Murray-Bruce called out President Buhari on Twitter and instructed
him to thank former President Goodluck Jonathan GEJonathan for the train ride he enjoyed in Kaduna, as
they haven’t forgotten that the achievement was ENTIRELY the handiwork of the
Jonathan’s government. El Rufai in a swift gave him an epic reply and the war
of words ensued.
Sen. Ben Bruce: "I hope President @MBuhari remembers to say
thank you to former President @GEJonathan for the train ride he enjoyed in Kaduna. Some
of us haven’t forgotten that that achievement was ENTIRELY the handiwork of the
Jonathan government. Nigeria should give honour to whom honour is due."
El Rufai: "Wrong Distinuguisnhed Senator! The Obasanjo
administration which Jonathan was not part of, designed, raised the financing
and started the EPC of the Lagos-Kano dual track-standard gauge rail system,
and the Abuja Light Rail. Yar’Adua-Jonathan stalled both projects for two
years!"
Sen Ben Bruce: "Your dislike of the late Yar’adua may have
clouded your judgment. I made no mention of the ‘Abuja light railway’. My tweet
referred to the Abuja-Kaduna railway which IS a product of the Jonathan
administration. I am happy to publicly debate this with you."
El Rufai: "There is nothing to debate. Facts cannot be
debated. Opinions are free. While the Obasanjo administration was conceiving
the rail modernization programme, Sen Ben-Bruce was organizing beauty contests
and Jonathan was a deputy governor. I am not cluelessly common-sensical!" ~
Nasir
Sen Ben Bruce: "Dear Gov, no need for insults. Construction
on Abuja-Kaduna rail began on February 2011 and ended on December 2014.
Jonathan built it. These are facts. Yes, I held beauty pageants and produced
the first Black Miss World which you and I should be proud of."
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