El-Rufai: Golf grows $500m investment in Kaduna

The Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has revealed that the game of golf has helped grow over $500 million investment in the state.

While teeing of the 1st Kadinvest Pro Am International Golf Tournament at the Kaduna Golf Club yesterday morning, El-Rufai, equally an ardent golfer, did not hide his joyful feelings that such huge number of golfers, close to 600, from across Nigeria and some seven West African countries, could besiege Kaduna for a golf tourney. He said he would ensure total safety of the golfers and that the event would grow larger every month of April.

Governor El-Rufai said, “When we said we were going to make Kaduna great again, we were looking at the number of investors we could bring to our state. We introduced the Kadinvest golf tourney to attract investors. This is paying off and I personally thank our sponsor Sir Lucky Omoluwa of Pinnacle Communications, a man I usually refer to as our son, even though he is from Delta State”.

Before performing the tee off ceremony, Governor ElRufai entered into a closed session with the management of the Club headed by its Captain, Col. Ibrahim Biu, where he promised he would help achieve great dreams of the Club. The Clubs Board of Trustees Chairman and indeed the Emir of Birnin Gwari, Mallam Maigwari, was equally in the closed session. Thereafter, the Governor inspected the total refurbishment of the Club mainly financed by Sir Lucky Omoluwa of Pinnacle Communications.

“This is just the beginning of what we want to do in Kaduna”, Sir Omoluwa said. “As much as Governor El Rufai is striving to build Kaduna, I shall always be there to contribute Pinnacles quota”.