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The Accidental Public Servant Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai © Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai 2013 Dedicated to: To the loving memory of Yasmin El-Rufai 1986-2011 List of Abbreviations and Acronyms 3G Good Governance Group AAV Abuja Automotive Village ABU Ahmadu Bello University AC Action Congress ACN Action Congress of Nigeria AD Alliance for Democracy ADC Aide de Camp ADP Agricultural Development Project AEA Abuja Enterprise Agency AGIS Abuja Geographic Information Systems AICL Abuja Investment Company Ltd. AIPDC Abuja Investment and Property Development Company Ltd. AIT African Independent Television AMAC Abuja Municipal Area Council AMMA Abuja Metropolitan Management Agency AMP Advanced Management Programme ANPP All Nigeria Peoples' Party AP African Petroleum Plc APGA All Progressives Grand Alliance APP All Peoples' Party ATV Abuja Technology Village AUST African University of Science and Technology BASA Bilateral Air Services Agreement BOBA Barewa College Old Boys' Association BP British Petroleum BPE Bureau of Public Enterprises BPSR Bureau of Public Service Reforms C of O Certificate of Occupancy CAC Corporate Affairs Commission CAN Christian Association of Nigeria CBN Central Bank of Nigeria CCECC China Civil Engineering Construction Company Ltd CCT Code of Conduct Tribunal CDMA Code Division Multiple Access CPC Congress for Progressive Change CPS Career Public Servants CRC Current Replacement Cost CSO Chief Security Officer DFID Department for Overseas Development (now UK Aid) DG Director-General DPP Democratic Peoples Party ECA Excess Crude Account EFCC Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EIU Economist Intelligence Unit EMIS Education Management Information System EOI Expression of Interest EPCC Economic Policy Coordinating Committee EPSR Electric Power Sector Reform ES Executive Secretary ESP Education Sector Plan FACA FCT Action Committee on AIDS FBI Federal Bureau of Investigations FCC Federal Capital City (official name of Abuja City) FCDA Federal Capital Development Authority FCSC Federal Civil Service Commission FCT Federal Capital Territory FCT EXCO FCT Executive Committee FCTA Federal Capital Territory Administration FEC Federal Executive Council FEEDS FCT Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy FGN Federal Government of Nigeria FIRS Federal Inland Revenue Service FIU Financial Intelligence Unit of the EFCC FMBN Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria FT Financial Times of London G-53 Group of 53 Concerned Citizens of Nigeria (precursor to SNG) GMB General Muhammadu Buhari GSM Global System for Mobile Communications HBS Harvard Business School HIPC Highly Indebted Poor Countries HKS Harvard Kennedy School of Government HSE Health, Safety and Environment IBB Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida ICPC Independent Corrupt Practices Commission IFC International Finance Corporation IMF International Monetary Fund INEC Independent National Electoral Commission IOCs International Oil Companies IPA International Planning Associates IPPIS Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System IQS Institute of Quantity Surveyors JBN Julius Berger Nigeria Plc LP Labour Party LSE London School of Economics MDAs Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Government MFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs MFCT Ministry of Federal Capital Territory NAFDAC National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control NASS National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria NCP National Council on Privatisation NCP National Conference NECO National Examinations Council NEEDS National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy NIA National Intelligence Agency NIQS Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors NITEL Nigeria Telecommunications Limited NNPC Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NOLCHEM National Oil and Chemical Marketing Plc NPRC National Political Reform Conference NSA National Security Adviser NYSC National Youth Service Corps OHCSF Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation OLPC One Laptop Per Child OMV Open Market Value OPM Owner-President Management Programme PDP Peoples Democratic Party PIMCO Programme Implementation and Monitoring Committee POH Political Office Holders PP Private Practice PPA Power Purchase Agreement PPP Public Private Partnership PSRT Public Service Reform Team Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund (sometimes abbreviated as PSTF PTF) PTDF Petroleum Technology Development Fund QS Quantity Surveying (or Surveyor) R of O Right of Occupancy RICS Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors SAN Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAP Structural Adjustment Programme SDMP Social Democratic Mega Party SGF Secretary to the Government of the Federation SLGP State and Local Governments Programme of UK DFID Small and Medium Scale Enterprises Development Agency of SMEDAN Nigeria SNG Save Nigeria Group SSCE Senior Secondary Certificate Examination SSS State Security Service STDA Satellite Towns Development Agency TCPC Technical Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation UAE United Arab Emirates UK United Kingdom UN United Nations US United States USA United States of America USAID United States Agency for International Development VAT Value Added Tax VP Vice President WASC West African School Certificate
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