The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the unveiling of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC, by the president Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government.
Atiku said that he was denigrated by the ruling All Progressives Party, APC, for suggesting that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC, be reformed.
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The former Vice-president, however said the transitioning was a step in the right direction.
According to Atiku: ”I had in 2018 made public my plans to reform the NNPC to make it more profitable, transparent, and efficient. The APC-led government denigrated me for my patriotic vision. But today, I am happy to note that the same government has taken a tentative step along the lines of the suggestions that I had made. It is a step in the right direction, but we are still far from what I had envisaged.
”I hope I’ll have the opportunity to complete the process of turning the NNPC into a genuinely world-class company in the mould of NLNG, Aramco of Saudi Arabia, and Petrobras of Brazil, where Nigerians and institutions will invest in. ”
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