The Accidental Public Servant

Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai

• Publisher: Safari Books Ltd
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9789788431312
• eBook ISBN:
  9789788431466
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Social Science Biographies
• Index: Social Sciences

This is a story of Nigeria, told from the inside. After a successful career in the private sector, Nasir El-Rufai rose to the top ranks of Nigeria's political hierarchy, serving first as the privatization czar at the Bureau for Public Enterprises and then as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja under former President Olesegun Obasanjo. In this tell-all memoir, El-Rufai reflects on a life in public service to Nigeria, the enormous challenges faced by the country, and what can be done while calling on a new generation of leaders to take the country back from the brink of destruction. The shocking revelations disclosed by El-Rufai about the formation of the current leadership and the actions of prominent statesmen make this memoir required reading for anyone seeking to understand the dynamics of power politics in Africa's most populous nation.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Photo Sections
• List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Prologue: The Beginning of the End
• Chapter One - Humble Origins
• Chapter Two - The Calm Before the Storm
• Chapter Three - From Abacha to Obasanjo - A Series of Accidents
• Chapter Four - taking Charge of Privatisation and Policy Reform
• Chapter Five - "You Will See the Meaning of Power"
• Chapter Six - the Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend - Unless the Friend is El-Rufai
• Chapter Seven - The Economic Team - Key Players
• Chapter Eight - Abuja - The Economic Reform Laboratory
• Chapter Nine - Land Reforms
• Chapter Ten - Sale of Government Houses in Abuja
• Chapter Eleven - Restoring the Abuja Master Plan
• Chapter Twelve - A Large Construction Site
• Chapter Thirteen - Reforming the Public Service
• Chapter Fourteen - Covert Battles
• Chapter Fifteen - From Bad to Worse
• Chapter Sixteen - Exile
• Chapter Seventeen - Five Years of Invaluable Experience
• Epilogue
• Afterword
• Endnotes
• Appendix 1
• Appendix 2
• Appendix 3
• Appendix 4
• Appendix 5
• Appendix 6
• Appendix 7
• Appendix 8
• Appendix 9
• Appendix 10
• Appendix 11
• Appendix 12
• Appendix 13
• Appendix 14
• Index
• Back cover