Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, has been advised to stop behaving like a child and move past his failed ministerial nomination.
Onanuga gave the advice when he appeared on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday.
The spokesperson who acknowledged el-Rufai’s hard work for Tinubu’s emergence as president, told the former minister to try and overcome the disappointment of not being appointed a minister.
“I will pity former Kaduna State governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, he feels hurt that he was not made a minister, but I think it’s time for him to move on,” Onanuga said.
“You cannot continue to behave like a child as if someone stole his bread and things like that and then you are crying over spilt milk.”
He said it is not out of place for el-Rufai to feel pained that after working hard for the election of Tinubu, and was not appointed minister, Onanuga said the President acknowledged his efforts.
“It is natural for him to feel bad that he has been excluded. I think the president has acknowledged in a recent tribute to him that Nasir did a lot in installing President Tinubu, and if he is not there it doesn’t mean he will bring down the roof.”
Tinubu has nothing against el-Rufai, Onanuga said, adding that el-Rufai is going everywhere campaigning against the president because he feels hurt.
He told el-Rufai to let go because he has been in public service since 1999, saying that “it’s time for him to move on.
El-Rufai was initially nominated as a minister by Tinubu while the president was forming his cabinet but was eventually screened out by the Senate.
With the fallout of the ministerial appointment, El-Rufai has in recent times become critical of the Tinubu administration and the All Progressives Congress.
In a recent interview, El-Rufai claimed that it was not the Senate that rejected him as a Minister but President Tinubu himself.
