[1] The Committee was designed to strengthen government's control of the direction of the country's then nascent privatization exercise.
[1] He later left the shores of Africa and went to Leeds College and the University at Birmingham, earning a degree in Accounting.
The position gave him the avenue to know and befriend leaders from Northern Nigeria such as Adamu Ciroma and to lead or be a board member in NNDC subsidiaries such as Arewa Textiles, Bank of the North and Bacita Sugar.
In addition, as the leader of one of the largest firms in Northern Nigeria, he was in the position to drive meaningful socio-economic impact within region.
[2] However, the agency was partly created to set the government's agenda and the rise of money bags in Nigeria was a result of the oil boom and subsequent administrations courting elites in the country.