Atiku’s role in economic reforms under Obasanjo government deserves credit, says el-Rufai

Atiku’s role in economic reforms under Obasanjo government deserves credit, says el-Rufai

Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, said on Friday
that nobody gave former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,
Atiku Abubakar, his due credit for overseeing the economic policies implemented
under ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo.

 

El-Rufai stated that a great deal of good work was carried
out under Atiku’s leadership during Obasanjo’s administration.

 

He made this remark during a condolence visit to the family
of the late elder statesman, Edwin Clark, who passed away on Monday at the age
of 97.

 

Atiku had led a delegation that included El-Rufai on the
condolence visit.

 

In 1999, the Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, was
reconstituted as an independent body without a board, reporting solely to the
National Council on Privatisation NCP, which was chaired by Atiku.

 

Atiku was also chairman of the National Economic Council,
NEC, and head of the National Council on Privatisation, overseeing the sale of
hundreds of loss-making and poorly managed public enterprises, alongside
El-Rufai.

 

El-Rufai said: “Nobody gives Alhaji Atiku Abubakar the
credit for economic policymaking under the Obasanjo administration. Many of the
things we did, we did under his leadership. Maybe because we don’t write a lot
and people don’t read history.

 

“We tend to forget, only remember negative things. Maybe it
is part of human nature to recall only the negatives and forget the positives.

 

“I am honoured and humbled to come with VP Atiku to condole
with this family and commend the work that Clark has done. I call on you as a
family to always continue the good work.

 

“The most important part of that good work is to always
continue what he has always stood for—One Nigeria.”

 

Shortly after the condolence visit, Atiku and El-Rufai
observed Jummat prayers together at a mosque in Abuja.

 

El-Rufai recently stirred the hornet’s nest when he
criticised the All Progressives Congress-led government under President Bola
Tinubu.

 

The former governor stated that he no longer recognises the
party due to a lack of internal democracy.

 

He claimed that the organs of the party had not met in the
past two years under President Bola Tinubu.

 

Despite the criticisms that followed El-Rufai’s comments,
Tinubu nonetheless felicitated with him on his birthday a few days ago.

 

Meanwhile, Atiku recently met with former military Head of
State, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, at his hilltop residence in Minna, Niger
State.

 

Before that, Atiku had met with Obasanjo at his residence in
Ota, Ogun State.

Source: Atiku’s role in economic reforms under Obasanjo government deserves credit, says el-Rufai

 - NigerianEye
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