Watts Scores With New Nigerian Government
From The Hill ~ A new administration brings new work for lobbyists to Washington, even when that administration is headquartered in Abuja, Nigeria, rather than the White House.
Watts Consulting Group has signed a preliminary contract with the new Nigerian government in the hopes of inking a longer-term deal, according to records the Justice Department posted online last week.
After eight years in office, President Olusegun Obasanjo left power in the wake of his country’s April elections. Goodworks International, a firm with long-standing ties to the Nigerian politician, saw its contract end that month.
“The call just came out of the blue,” a senior partner at J.C. Watts Companies, Steve Pruitt, said of the current government. He was soon whisked to New York to meet with the new foreign minister, Ojo Maduekwe.
Watts Consulting Group is a subsidiary of J.C. Watts Companies, named for the former Republican congressman from Oklahoma.
Read the complete story by clicking http://thehill.com/business--lobby/new-administration-in-nigeria-means-new-lobbyists-in-d.c.-2007-10-04.html Watts has had a high profile as a Washington lobbyist. Since he left Congress, numerous publications and groups have tracked his work. One insurance industry publication noted the relationship between Watts and former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Cathy Weatherford, the executive vice president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in Washington. Read that story by clicking http://www.roughnotes.com/rnmagazine/2006/march06/03p016.htm
Watts Consulting Group has signed a preliminary contract with the new Nigerian government in the hopes of inking a longer-term deal, according to records the Justice Department posted online last week.
After eight years in office, President Olusegun Obasanjo left power in the wake of his country’s April elections. Goodworks International, a firm with long-standing ties to the Nigerian politician, saw its contract end that month.
“The call just came out of the blue,” a senior partner at J.C. Watts Companies, Steve Pruitt, said of the current government. He was soon whisked to New York to meet with the new foreign minister, Ojo Maduekwe.
Watts Consulting Group is a subsidiary of J.C. Watts Companies, named for the former Republican congressman from Oklahoma.
Read the complete story by clicking http://thehill.com/business--lobby/new-administration-in-nigeria-means-new-lobbyists-in-d.c.-2007-10-04.html Watts has had a high profile as a Washington lobbyist. Since he left Congress, numerous publications and groups have tracked his work. One insurance industry publication noted the relationship between Watts and former Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Cathy Weatherford, the executive vice president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in Washington. Read that story by clicking http://www.roughnotes.com/rnmagazine/2006/march06/03p016.htm
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