Former vice president and presidential candidate on the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has said that the recent decision to change the NNPC to a commercial venture was his initiative.
In a series of Twitter posts, the Wazirin Adamawa added that to properly reposition the NNPC, there was still a long way to go.
“I had in 2018 made public my plans to reform the NNPC to make it more profitable, transparent and efficient. 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 added that if elected president, he would transform the NNPC into world class status.
“I hope I’ll have the opportunity to complete the process of turning the NNPC into a genuinely world-class company in the mould of NLNG, Aramco of Saudi Arabia and Petrobras of Brazil, where Nigerians and institutions will invest in”, he added.
