Segun Showunmi, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has asked President Bola Tinubu to appoint Nasir El-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna state, as the minister of power.

According to Showunmi, El-Rufai's level of background work is top-notch. Segun Showunmi talks up Nasir El-Rufai as power minister.

In a tweet on his known X (formerly Twitter) handle on Tuesday, October 29, the Ogun-born politician criticised El-Rufai's absence in Tinubu's second cabinet, describing him (El-Rufai) as "prepared for the job and fit-for-purpose".

Showunmi wrote: "Blackout in the north! We are our problem in this country, and at the heart of our challenges is a combination of senseless politics and a lack of patriotism.

"One needs to know why Nasir El-Rufai is not the minister of power given the serious level of background work.

"I know for a fact he had done before our brand of myopic politics would not clear him but in their wisdom clears jokers and confirmed average jokers."

The PDP chieftain added: "Quite unfortunate, we sacrifice our collective development at the altar of crass egoism and myopic outlook we lean more towards senseless politics than national development hence a prepared-for-the-job and fit-for-purpose minister of power is Nasir El-Rufai jettisoned."