AG Abubakar, former RG of CAC, was a no nonsense man. Grandson of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, he had airs, yes. But he new his onions.
Every official car slept in the office. People didn’t like that. He stopped official car carrying “oga’s” family to school and market. You can’t use official car for wedding on Saturday. He lived by example. He drove his car to work sometimes. His car o. Sometimes, government car brings him.
He fought to remove the police and DSS people in my office. It costs #300m to keep them. He failed. The argument is this is a government facility and must be protected by government. But you know who will share those monies.
The union leader is from Bauchi, like him. The Commission won a matter in Court against him, he was to face disciplinary action and he rushed to the Emir of Bauchi. RG was called by Emir who said this is your brother, don’t sack him. There and then RG said, Emir, where were you when he took us to Court? Wallahi, I will sack him.
Chairman, senate committee on Trade, said RG, please my daughter in your place just got married, transfer her to her husband in Kaduna. The guy refused, saying several people have come to beg me for transfer but I turned them down.
People awarded contract to cronies to supply paper and some consumables. He stopped all of that. CAC is now completely paperless.
His crime is that he did not play politics that his office required. Bring Lloyds of London or KpMG to audit him, you will not find chi chi.
He could travel to Bauchi, Kano or Kaduna, no plane to come back because flight was cancelled. He will simply tell driver to take him to the park and he will enter car as passenger to Abuja. Not chatter.
Then on the job. Just go and sleep. Send him a mail at 2:00 am, he would reply. In fact, he used to wake me up at 2.00 am to have some things done because the President, Minister wanted them done within so so time.
I wished he was given a second term
,,, from a staff
