Al Olama: Sheikh Mohammed uses secret shoppers to detect government inefficiency
HE Omar Sultan Al Olama · The Case for Youth in Politics | HE Omar Sultan Al Olama (One of the World's Youngest Ministers) · Nikhil Kamath · Jan 11, 2026 · at 1:19:59
UAE Minister of AI HE Omar Sultan Al Olama details the UAE's internal oversight and anti-corruption mechanisms to Nikhil Kamath.
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“Sheikh Mohammed has what he called secret choppers. So these are people that go across town. They look like me. They might look like you, who raise reports to him, who tell him, for example, that they've witnessed corruption here or inefficiency there, or they identify talent there.”
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