KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 8 – Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today praised former prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for his support to the leadership of Najib after his retirement. The Prime Minister said Abdullah after his retirement, has supported his successor.
“Meanwhile, he learned to let go after retirement. Abdullah has launched the program 10 years ago when I was prime minister, and when I takes over from Abdullah in 2009. In the same time, the program has achieved great success,” he said in his keynote address at the graduation ceremony of Government Linked Companies Transformation Programme (GLC) here today.
“I am determined to continue to drive this program as a national priority,” he said, adding that in order to give the program greater power, he has chaired the Putrajaya Committee on GLC High Performance. Abdullah is the fifth prime minister of Malaysia and served from 22 March 2003 to 3 April 2009.
