{"id":198966,"date":"2026-04-16T23:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tinubu-mocks-atiku-on-nigerias-privatization-role"},"modified":"2026-04-17T00:23:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T23:23:52","slug":"tinubu-mocks-atiku-on-nigerias-privatization-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-mocks-atiku-on-nigerias-privatization-role","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Mocks Atiku on Nigeria&#8217;s Privatization Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>President Bola Tinubu has criticized opposition figures over their past roles in Nigeria\u2019s economic reforms, particularly targeting former Vice President Atiku Abubakar\u2019s tenure as chairman of the National Council on Privatisation, NCP.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a Renewed Hope Agenda meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday, Tinubu criticized the privatisation programme undertaken by the Olusegun Obasanjo administration, in which Atiku played a key role<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe head Atiku was the chairman of the Privatisation Council of Nigeria at one time,\u201d he observed.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu questioned the handling of key industrial assets such as the Ajaokuta Steel Company and other steel projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey privatized the steel industry in Delta, is it working today? They privatized Ajaokuta, is it working today? Go on the list. They privatized another man\u2019s political party, that one says no. Their job is done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Atiku served as Chairman of the National Council on Privatisation, the policy-making body overseeing Nigeria\u2019s privatization program under the Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE.<\/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. President Bola Tinubu has criticized opposition figures over their past roles in Nigeria\u2019s economic reforms, particularly targeting former Vice President Atiku Abubakar\u2019s tenure as chairman of the National Council on Privatisation, NCP. Speaking at a Renewed Hope Agenda meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday, Tinubu criticized the privatisation programme [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":198965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-198966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tinubu Mocks Atiku on Nigeria&#039;s Privatization Role - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Bola Tinubu has criticized opposition figures over their past roles in Nigeria\u2019s economic reforms, particularl ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-mocks-atiku-on-nigerias-privatization-role\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tinubu Mocks Atiku on Nigeria&#039;s Privatization Role\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Bola Tinubu has criticized opposition figures over their past roles in Nigeria\u2019s economic reforms, particularl ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-mocks-atiku-on-nigerias-privatization-role\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-16T22:11:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-16T23:23:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1776381792.69381.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"420\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-mocks-atiku-on-nigerias-privatization-role#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-mocks-atiku-on-nigerias-privatization-role\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Tinubu Mocks Atiku on Nigeria&#8217;s Privatization Role\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-16T22:11:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-16T23:23:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-mocks-atiku-on-nigerias-privatization-role\"},\"wordCount\":184,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-mocks-atiku-on-nigerias-privatization-role#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/sm_1776381792.69381.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-mocks-atiku-on-nigerias-privatization-role#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-mocks-atiku-on-nigerias-privatization-role\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tinubu-mocks-atiku-on-nigerias-privatization-role\",\"name\":\"Tinubu Mocks Atiku on Nigeria's Privatization Role - 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