Nasir El-Rufai and the politics of calculated attrition, by Engr. Bello Gwarzo Abdullahi, FNSE Nasir El-Rufai has never occupied the middle ground of Nigerian politics. He evokes strong loyalty and equally strong criticism. From his days as Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises to his tenure as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory under Olusegun Obasanjo, and later as two-term Governor of Kaduna State, he cultivated a reputation for intellectual sharpness, calculated risk-taking, and a willingness to confront entrenched interests head-on. That disposition is captured vividly in his memoir, The...