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style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Discussion Paper by <span data-scayt_word="Nasir" data-scaytid="1">Nasir</span> Ahmad <span data-scayt_word="El-Rufai" data-scaytid="2">El-Rufai</span>, <span data-scayt_word="OFR" data-scaytid="3">OFR</span></strong></span></h3> <p> <strong>Protocols:</strong></p> <p> <strong>Introduction</strong></p> <p> <strong>I am indeed privileged to be invited to speak to this august gathering of Muslim men and women that have excelled in their various professional and business callings in our nation. It is a refreshing change from the last few months that I have spent working as the Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (<span data-scayt_word="APC" data-scaytid="4">APC</span>), the nation’s main opposition party!</strong></p> <div class="jcomments-links"><a class="readmore-link" href="/web/20160224062820/http://www.africanoutlookonline.com/index.php/columnists/nasir-el-rufai-page/8550-corruption-and-the-challenge-of-good-governance-in-nigeria" title="Corruption and the Challenge of Good Governance in Nigeria">Read more ...</a> </div> <div class="item-separator"></div> </div> </div> <div class="items-row cols-2 row-0 row-fluid clearfix"> <div class="span6"> <div class="item column-1" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <h2> <a href="/web/20160224062820/http://www.africanoutlookonline.com/index.php/columnists/nasir-el-rufai-page/7923-the-presidencys-jamboree-budget"> The Presidency’s Jamboree Budget</a> </h2> <ul class="actions"> <li class="email-icon"> <a href="/web/20160224062820/http://www.africanoutlookonline.com/index.php/component/mailto/?tmpl=component&template=simplycity2&link=f7e14a3b5bf4f60abb85573ff660b58a9070847e" title="Email" onclick="window.open(this.href,'win2','width=400,height=350,menubar=yes,resizable=yes'); return false;" rel="nofollow">Email</a> </li> </ul> <h1> <strong><span style="font-size:54px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><img alt="" src="/web/20160224062820im_/http://www.africanoutlookonline.com/images/stories/goodluck_jonathangabc(1).jpg" style="width: 324px; height: 285px; float: left;"/>The Presidency's Jamboree Budget</span></span></strong></h1> <h3> <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal;"><span data-scayt_word="Nasir" data-scaytid="1">Nasir</span> <span data-scayt_word="el-Rufai" data-scaytid="2">el-Rufai</span></span></span></strong></h3> <p> <strong>The year 2014 is already off to a dramatic start with allegations of massive fraud to the tune of about $20 billion (N3.6 trillion) being leveled against the <span data-scayt_word="NNPC" data-scaytid="3">NNPC</span> for failure to remit oil revenue earnings for a period of 19 months.</strong></p> <div class="jcomments-links"><a class="readmore-link" href="/web/20160224062820/http://www.africanoutlookonline.com/index.php/columnists/nasir-el-rufai-page/7923-the-presidencys-jamboree-budget" title="The Presidency’s Jamboree Budget">Read more ...</a> </div> <div class="item-separator"></div> </div>  </div> <div class="span6"> <div class="item column-2" itemprop="blogPost" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <h2> <a href="/web/20160224062820/http://www.africanoutlookonline.com/index.php/columnists/nasir-el-rufai-page/7248-oritsejafor-not-synonymous-with-can"> Oritsejafor NOT Synonymous With CAN</a> </h2> <ul class="actions"> <li class="email-icon"> <a href="/web/20160224062820/http://www.africanoutlookonline.com/index.php/component/mailto/?tmpl=component&template=simplycity2&link=45d923857ca7edce01c39cc43d7c22fb1b9c0886" title="Email" onclick="window.open(this.href,'win2','width=400,height=350,menubar=yes,resizable=yes'); return false;" rel="nofollow">Email</a> </li> </ul> <h1> <span style="font-size:54px;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><strong><img alt="" src="/web/20160224062820im_/http://www.africanoutlookonline.com/images/stories/ayo_oritsejafora.jpg" style="width: 210px; height: 280px; float: left;"/>Oritsejafor NOT Synonymous With CAN</strong></span></span></h1> <h3> <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>By Nasir el-Rufai</strong></span></h3> <p> <strong>Many in Nigeria today may not remember the name of Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, but if there was any opposition to the military regimes of the eighties and nineties, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) under him definitely represented a voice of resistance to those governments’ excesses. 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