{"id":152354,"date":"2025-02-22T17:21:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T16:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/el-rufai-acknowledges-atikus-role-in-obasanjo-economic-reforms"},"modified":"2025-02-26T23:10:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T22:10:44","slug":"el-rufai-acknowledges-atikus-role-in-obasanjo-economic-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/el-rufai-acknowledges-atikus-role-in-obasanjo-economic-reforms","title":{"rendered":"El-Rufa\u2019i acknowledges Atiku\u2019s role in Obasanjo economic reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has acknowledged former Vice President Atiku Abubakar\u2019s key role in driving economic reforms during President Olusegun Obasanjo\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku served as vice president from 1999 to 2007 and was responsible for overseeing the privatization of national assets. The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), which El-Rufai led at the time, operated under his supervision.<\/p>\n<p>During a condolence visit to the family of Edwin Clark, the late elder statesman and Niger Delta advocate who passed away on February 17, El-Rufai stated that Atiku deserves recognition for his contributions to economic policymaking under Obasanjo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody gives Alhaji Atiku Abubakar the credit for economic policy making under the Obasanjo administration. Many of the things we did, we did under his leadership,\u201d El-Rufai said. \u201cMaybe because we don\u2019t write about it, and people don\u2019t read history, we tend to forget. We only remember negative things. Maybe it\u2019s part of human nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>El-Rufai\u2019s comments come despite his past criticism of Atiku. In 2016, he accused the former vice president of spreading falsehoods and suggested that Atiku was haunted by \u201cdemons of corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has acknowledged former Vice President Atiku Abubakar\u2019s key role in driving economic reforms during President Olusegun Obasanjo\u2019s administration. Atiku served as vice president from 1999 to 2007 and was responsible for overseeing the privatization of national assets. 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