Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El -Rufai , has said many Nigerians believe that governors are corrupt .
He said this while explaining some of the challenges governors face in their respective states in a ‘KadInvest 5 . 0 ′ chat aired on Channels Television on Monday .
According to him , governors are the most suspected elected officials in the country .
El - Rufai lamented that many governors came into power at a period when oil prices had crashed.
He said, “ In terms of economic viability , we came in when oil prices were crashing to the 20 s and we had inherited wages .
“ All of a sudden , Nigeria went into recession . President ( Muhammadu) Buhari had to bail 27 out of 36 states that could not pay salaries.
“ Meanwhile, while we are facing that , the expectations of people were on the high side because of our change campaign . So, people expected the change overnight .
“ Thirdly , governors are the most suspected elected officials . Everyone thinks governors are thieves and we are wasting the government ’s resources , we are not doing anything, and so on. ”
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