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He lost his father when he was 8 years old and as a result was sponsored throughout his schooling days by an uncle in Kaduna. Nasir began his political career under the transition government of General Abdulsalami Abubakar, where he served as an adviser in the Transition government. In November , Nasir El-Rufai stated plans to come back home to Nigeria despite the high level of risk he will be under.

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Nasir also completed an LL. He established a Quantity Surveying and Project Management Consulting firm in with three other partners. From November to July , he was the Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises and the Secretary of the National Council of Privatization where he spearheaded the privatization of many government owned companies alongside the controversial former Vice-President.

El-Rufai established the Abuja Geographic Information System within 12 months of being Minister of the FCT, Abuja making it the first municipality in Nigeria with a computerized land register and information system. Together with the President and members of the Economic Management Team, he led the reform of the Nigerian public service which had become dysfunctional during years of military dictatorship.

At various times during his tenure as Minister, he oversaw the Federal Ministries of Commerce twice and Interior. He also chaired several high-profile cabinet committees that led to the establishment of a mortgage system in Nigeria, National ID card system for Nigeria, Electric Power Supply Improvement and the sale of Federal Government real estate in Abuja.

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The election was upheld by the election petition tribunal in October On 6 August , El-Rufai in one of his first acts as governor announced that Kaduna State will adopt the Treasury Single Account policy by 1 September of the same year. At the end of the exercise, accounts belonging to different ministries, departments and agencies were closed and a sum of N El-Rufai also reformed the civil service in Kaduna State and reduced the number of ministries from 19 to 13 and the number of permanent secretaries from 35 to In a bid to reduce the cost of governance, El-Rufai appointed only 13 commissioners, 10 special advisers and 12 special assistants as against the 24 commissioners, 41 special advisers and about special assistants appointed by the previous administration.

By blocking leakages and cutting the cost of running government, it is estimated that the El-Rufai administration was able to save N1. He also abolished the collection of fees and levies in public primary and junior secondary schools in Kaduna, thereby removing a financial burden of N3 billion from the parents.