Nigeria: 'How Obasanjo Ran NNPC As One-Man Business for 8 Years'

19 September 2018

A new book has told of how ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo ran the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, as a "sole administrator" for the eight years he led the country.

According to the book, entitled, 'Too Good to Die: Third Term and the Myth of the Indispensable Man in Africa,' the former President, while serving as Minister of Petroleum Resources, never discussed activities of the corporation with government officials until his last days in office.

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