Mr El-Rufai and labour unions in the state are currently engaged in a feisty face-off over the mass sacking of civil servants.
According to the minister, Nigeria is not the only country facing these problems in Africa.
The government said the importation is a real potential threat to the Nigerian Sugar Master Plan (NSMP).
“It takes from six months to one year to get a Form M approved.”
“If there is one area that we are unhappy about in terms of our development in the state, it is the availability of electricity. We have been on it from day one.”
The minister said herdsmen coming into the country via land borders could not be checked because of the ECOWAS Protocol.
