…Says the book is
fiction for self-glorification at the expense of truth.
fiction for self-glorification at the expense of truth.
ABUJA- FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Thursday picked holes
with the Accidental Public Servant by former Minister of the Federal Capital
Territory Administration, FCTA, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, stressing that the
book could be described as a fiction for self-glorification at the expense of
truth.
with the Accidental Public Servant by former Minister of the Federal Capital
Territory Administration, FCTA, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, stressing that the
book could be described as a fiction for self-glorification at the expense of
truth.
According to Atiku Abubakar, what the former Minister requires at
the moment was prayer rather than anger. The attack is coming barely twenty
fours after the book was formally presented to the public at the Yar’Adua
Centre, Abuja.
the moment was prayer rather than anger. The attack is coming barely twenty
fours after the book was formally presented to the public at the Yar’Adua
Centre, Abuja.
The former Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples
Democratic party, PDP, dismissed the book, just as he said that it was a
collection of fiction, half-truths, exaggeration and reflection of selective
memory.
Democratic party, PDP, dismissed the book, just as he said that it was a
collection of fiction, half-truths, exaggeration and reflection of selective
memory.
In a statement from
his media office Thursday, ‘’Atiku Abubakar was particularly piqued by the
claim of El-Rufai that he had almost resigned as the former Director General of
the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) because of alleged persistent pressure
and interference by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who was then the
Chairman of the National Council on Privatization.
his media office Thursday, ‘’Atiku Abubakar was particularly piqued by the
claim of El-Rufai that he had almost resigned as the former Director General of
the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) because of alleged persistent pressure
and interference by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who was then the
Chairman of the National Council on Privatization.
‘’Atiku’s Media Office expressed disbelief that the former FCT
Minister forgot soon what he said at the Senate Public Hearing on BPE August
8-13, 2011. That Adhoc committee was headed by Senator Ahmed Lawan.
Minister forgot soon what he said at the Senate Public Hearing on BPE August
8-13, 2011. That Adhoc committee was headed by Senator Ahmed Lawan.
‘’It recalled El-Rufai as saying that he had special relationship
with former President Obasanjo, which gave him direct access and the discretion
to bypass the Council on Privatization headed by Atiku in order to get the
approval of the President.
with former President Obasanjo, which gave him direct access and the discretion
to bypass the Council on Privatization headed by Atiku in order to get the
approval of the President.
‘’The Media Office wondered how el-Rufai could reconcile his
threat of resignation with the accounts he told the Senate about the latitude
of freedom he enjoyed at BPE because of his closeness to former President
Obasanjo.
threat of resignation with the accounts he told the Senate about the latitude
of freedom he enjoyed at BPE because of his closeness to former President
Obasanjo.
Source: Vanguard
