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Does Privatisation Serve the Public Interest?, By Eric Teniola The privatisation programme was just an opportunity by government to allow very few individuals to buy our common wealth at give away prices. Some of these companies privatised were established through loans procured by the central government on behalf of the people of Nigeria, and it is the people of Nigeria who will have to repay the loans. Of what benefit has this privatisation programme been to the people of Nigeria and what impact? Between 1988 and 1993, Alhaji Hamzat Rafindandi Zayyad (1937-2002) dominated the headlines in this country. He was in the news not because he was the first chartered accountant from the old northern Nigeria. He became an accountant in 1963. He was in the news not because he was a mentor and godfather to many public officers, especially from northern states, including the current governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, a surveyor, who has been elected twice now. ....
Vanguard News Does privatisation serve public interests? On By Eric Teniola BETWEEN 1988 and 1993, Alhaji Hamzat Rafindandi Zayyad (1937-2002) dominated the headlines in this country. He was in the news not because he was the first chartered accountant from the old Northern Nigeria. He became an accountant in 1963. He was in the news not because he was a mentor and godfather to many public officers, especially from Northern states, including the current governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, a surveyor who has been elected twice as the governor. Alhaji Hamzat was in the news because he was appointed by General Ibrahim Babangida in 1988 as head of the Technical Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation in Nigeria. He studied accountancy in Leeds. While in Leeds he was very close to another Nigerian who also studied accountancy in Leeds at that time, Olu Christopher Akindolire, 85, the former managing director of Tate and Lyle sugar company wh ....
ON THE GO Resident permit: Immigration warns Nigerians against fake marriages to foreigners Muhammed Babandede, comptroller-general of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has warned Nigerians against marrying foreigners in the attempt to procure resident permits.Advertisement Speaking at a meeting with journalists in Abuja. Kaduna closes case against El-Zakzaky, asks court to convict him The Kaduna state government has asked a high court in the state to convict Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN).Advertisement El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat, are. ‘It’s utterly naïve’ Buhari speaks on attempted Niger Republic coup President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the attempted coup in Niger Republic, describing the action as “utterly naïve”.Advertisement There were reports of heavy gunfire near the presidential palace of Niger Republic. ....