{"id":95690,"date":"2023-09-17T10:48:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T09:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigerias-most-successful-economic-period-under-obasanjo-govt-el-rufai"},"modified":"2023-09-17T13:39:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T12:39:58","slug":"nigerias-most-successful-economic-period-under-obasanjo-govt-el-rufai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerias-most-successful-economic-period-under-obasanjo-govt-el-rufai","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s most successful economic period under Obasanjo govt \u2013 El-Rufai"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has admitted that Nigeria experienced tangible economic growth during the second term of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.<\/p>\n

E-Rufai, who made the remark during a session at the Africa In the World conference in Stellenbosch, South Africa, on Friday, said Obasanjo\u2019s second tenure yielded the most successful period of economic growth in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

El-Rufai served as a minister under Obasanjo who became the first democratically elected leader of the fourth republic from 1999 to 2007.<\/p>\n

The former governor stated that Obasanjo\u2019s regime was successful economically due to proper planning, adding that the administration was lucky as price of crude oil jumped up.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cWe have a planning commission in Nigeria but it has not been as effective.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you look at Nigeria\u2019s economic trajectory, the most successful four to five-year period of economic growth, job creation, and reduced inflation was the period of the second term of President Obasanjo in 2003 to 2007, when for the first time, the country went back into proper integrated planning.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has admitted that Nigeria experienced tangible economic growth during the second term of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. E-Rufai, who made the remark during a session at the Africa In the World conference in Stellenbosch, South Africa, on Friday, said Obasanjo\u2019s second tenure yielded […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":95689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,1651,254,479],"class_list":["post-95690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-el-rufai-2","tag-nigeria","tag-obasanjo"],"yoast_head":"\nNigeria\u2019s most successful economic period under Obasanjo govt \u2013 El-Rufai - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has admitted that Nigeria experienced tangible economic grow ...\" \/>\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\/nigerias-most-successful-economic-period-under-obasanjo-govt-el-rufai\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigeria\u2019s most successful economic period under Obasanjo govt \u2013 El-Rufai\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has admitted that Nigeria experienced tangible economic grow ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerias-most-successful-economic-period-under-obasanjo-govt-el-rufai\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-17T09:48:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-17T12:39:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/sm_1694938059.127288.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\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\/nigerias-most-successful-economic-period-under-obasanjo-govt-el-rufai#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerias-most-successful-economic-period-under-obasanjo-govt-el-rufai\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nigeria\u2019s most successful economic period under Obasanjo govt \u2013 El-Rufai\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-17T09:48:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-17T12:39:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerias-most-successful-economic-period-under-obasanjo-govt-el-rufai\"},\"wordCount\":196,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerias-most-successful-economic-period-under-obasanjo-govt-el-rufai#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/sm_1694938059.127288.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"El Rufai\",\"Nigeria\",\"Obasanjo\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerias-most-successful-economic-period-under-obasanjo-govt-el-rufai#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerias-most-successful-economic-period-under-obasanjo-govt-el-rufai\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerias-most-successful-economic-period-under-obasanjo-govt-el-rufai\",\"name\":\"Nigeria\u2019s most successful economic period under Obasanjo govt \u2013 El-Rufai - 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