The presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abubakar Atiku has reacted to the commercialisation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC, saying the All Progressives Congress, APC-led government copied his plans to reform the NNPC.
The new NNPC was officially unveiled by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Tuesday, July 19, as a commercial venture.
Reacting, Atiku in a statement via his verified Twitter handle on Wednesday, stated that he had in 2018 made public his plans to reform the NNPC to make it more profitable, transparent and efficient.
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“The APC-led government denigrated me for my patriotic vision.
“But today, I am happy to note that the same government has taken a tentative step along the lines of the suggestions that I had made. It is a step in the right direction, but we are still far from what I had envisaged,” Atiku tweeted.
The former vice president, however, said he hopes he will have the opportunity to complete the process of turning the NNPC into a genuinely world-class company where investors can invest.