Tinubu mocks Atiku over role in Nigeria’s privatisation program

President Bola Tinubu has criticized opposition figures over their past roles in Nigeria’s economic reforms, particularly targeting former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s 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 undertaken by the Olusegun Obasanjo administration, in which Atiku played a key role

“The head Atiku was the chairman of the Privatisation Council of Nigeria at one time,” he observed.

Tinubu questioned the handling of key industrial assets such as the Ajaokuta Steel Company and other steel projects.

“They 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’s political party, that one says no. Their job is done.”

DAILY POST reports that Atiku served as Chairman of the National Council on Privatisation, the policy-making body overseeing Nigeria’s privatization program under the Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE.