December 13, (THEWILL) – The Trump-Vance Transition Team has taken a swipe at The New York Times and other Western media outlets after they published reports attacking Dr Massad Boulos, Donald Trump’s pick as his Adviser on Middle East Affairs. He is the father-in-law to Trump’s daughter, Tiffany.
The NY Times had in a report it published on Thursday, wrongly described the successful Nigerian-Lebanese businessman as “A small-time truck salesman”, saying he is not a man of “significant wealth as a result of his business.”
THEWILL reports that Boulos is CEO of SCOA Plc, a thriving automotive company with a plant in Isolo, Lagos, Nigeria, that assembles, distributes and sells MAN trucks, electric power generators and tractors. Its biggest customers include Julius Berger, Hi-Tech and Lafarge.
Spokeswoman of the Trump-Vance Transition, Karoline Leavitt, in a statement Friday, said: “The Fake News is falsely attacking Mr Boulos and his family’s long history of running successful companies as part of their mission to derail President Trump’s agenda and exceptional team. The truth is Mr. Boulos is a highly respected businessman who has proudly served as the CEO of some of his family’s group of companies based in West Africa for more than 27 years and his family has employed tens of thousands of people around the globe.”
Leavitt insisted Mr Boulos has degrees in both business and law.
“Scoa Nigeria PLC, a member of the FADOUL Group, is a well-known conglomerate that has exclusively represented numerous global brands for decades. Scoa and the other family group companies have been very successful in the Nigerian market providing high-end products and specialised services to the largest companies in the country. Scoa is also part of the Fadoul Group, which is one of the largest privately-owned family businesses in West and Central Africa with a presence in 10 different countries since its founding in 1966.
“The FADOUL Group employs more than 20,000 hardworking people. The Boulos and Fadoul family companies have developed into a family group with over $1 Billion USD in value and hundreds of millions in assets”, Leavitt added in the statement.
