{"id":2660,"date":"2019-01-17T15:44:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T15:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=2660"},"modified":"2019-01-17T15:44:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T15:44:10","slug":"i-must-privatize-nnpc-even-if-they-are-going-to-kill-me-atiku-abubakar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/i-must-privatize-nnpc-even-if-they-are-going-to-kill-me-atiku-abubakar","title":{"rendered":"I must privatize NNPC even if they are going to kill me \u2013 Atiku Abubakar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday described the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, as a \u201cMafia organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during an interactive session with the business community in Lagos, the former Vice President vowed to privatise the Corporation if elected in the forthcoming election.<\/p>\n<p>Abubakar declared that he would privatise NNPC even if doing so would cost him his life.<\/p>\n<p>According to Abubakar, the Corporation would operate better if not managed by the government.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cLet me go back to my experience. When we got into office, I walked up to my boss and said \u201cSir, there are two mafia organisations in government: one is the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) while the other one is the National Electricity Power Authority (NEPA).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said unless we dismantle these mafia organisations, we cannot make progress. Let\u2019s privatize them\u2026 the long and short of this is that I am committed to privatisation as I have said. I swear even if they are going to kill me, I will do it (privatise NNPC).<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-15\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI asked a Nigerian professor based in America; I said \u2018Prof, do you have ministry of petroleum in America?\u2019 He said no.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, \u2018Do you have an organisation like NNPC over there?\u2019 He said no. And America produces oil more than any country? He said yes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I asked him, \u2018How do they do it in America?\u2019 and he said taxation and I decided that I will go by taxation too.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-20\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday described the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, as a \u201cMafia organization.\u201d Speaking during an interactive session with the business community in Lagos, the former Vice President vowed to privatise the Corporation if elected in the forthcoming election. 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