While reviewing Nigeria’s history since
independence, former President
Olusegun Obasanjo said the country
may have been cursed with poor and
irresponsible leaders. Mr. Obasanjo, who gave the keynote
address at the 4th Annual Ibadan
Sustainable Development Summit
organised by Centre for Sustainable
Development, University of Ibadan, in
collaboration with African Sustainable Development Network, on Tuesday,
said if Nigerians were yet to commend
a leader after 53 years of
independence, “Then we are jinxed
and cursed; we should all go to hell.” He also condemned the younger
generation of leaders in the country,
saying they lack integrity and probity
and have failed their people woefully. Making specific reference to his Vice
President for eight years, Atiku
Abubakar; former governor of Lagos
State, Bola Tinubu; former Speaker,
House of Representatives, Salisu
Buhari; former Bayelsa State Governor, Deprieye Alamieyeseigha; and others
as younger generation of leaders, the
former President said Nigeria was not
lucky even with them. “We had some people who were
under 50years in leadership positions.
One of them was James Ibori, where is
he today? One of them was
Alamieyeseigha, where is he today?
Lucky Igbinedion, where is he today? “The youngest was the Speaker,
(Salisu) Buhari; you can still recall what
happened to him. You said Bola
Tinubu is your master. What Buhari did
was not anything worse than what
Bola Tinubu did. “We got them impeached. But in this
part of the world some people
covered up the other man. The man
claimed he went to Government
College, Ibadan but the governor (Oyo
State) went to Government College and packed all the documents so that
they would not know that he did not
go there. “I wanted someone who would
succeed me so I took Atiku. Within a
year, I started seeing the type of man
Atiku is. And you want me to get him
there? “I once went to Tanzania because
Julius Nyerere recognised Biafra. He
told me not to mind his aides and
others in government. They would say
they have one house in town but their
five year old sons and daughters would have houses all over. “Some of you who are condemning
the leadership would get there
tomorrow and it will be a different
story. Only very few are actually good. “Abacha, my predecessor got $750m.
Through our lawyer in Switzerland we
recovered $1.25bn and the lawyer still
said there is probably still another
$1bn to be recovered. In 1979 we had
20 new ships specially built for Nigeria. When I came back 20 years
after, the national shipping line had
liquidated. “The whole thing is not just about
leadership. If we talk about good
leadership you should also talk about
good followers. If you talk about
human right you should also talk
about human duties and obligations. “It is sad that after 53years of
independence we have no leader that
we can commend. The problem in
Africa is that when one person takes
over he would not see any good thing
that his predecessor did. Let us condemn but with caution,” the
former military ruler and two-term
democractically elected president said. The Vice-Chancellor of the University
of Ibadan, Isaac Adewole said he was
worried about the fate that could
befall the country as she holds her
general elections in 2015. “We have not raised question about
the scenario where 35 people found it
difficult to conduct credible election in
this country,” the don said in reference
to the election of the Chairman of the
Nigeria Governors Forum that has polarized Nigeria’s 36 state governors. saharareporters.com/news-page/nigeria-jinxed-cursed-says-former-president-obasanjo-premium-times

Oya laptop crew come and tell OBJ how the joy of Fresh Air will make him feel High.

Hmmmmm.

In this part of the world we are always quick to spiritualizes issues that border on human patriotism and responsibility. In South Africa we have a leader like Mandela who sacrificed personal gains for the good of the nation, and Abraham Lincoln, Margaret Thatcher etc. in other parts of the world.

But here in Nigerian failed leadership is seen as a curse and jinx because we have greedy and selfish leaders who delight to see the youths suffer without a concern or compassion. BOTTOM LINE, THINGS MUST CHANGE IN 2015 WE MUST VOTE TRIED TESTED AND PROVEN LEADERS ENOUGH OF SENTIMENTS WE NEED CHANGE AND WE NEED IT NOW!

I don't believe we are cursed,we only have leaders who are greedy

Baba Iyabo is my political Mentor, so I will not abuse him

the only thing dat made me 2 accept his statement is that he included himself among d bad and cursed leader dat Nigeria has ever had.

Truth is bitter

owolabifunke14: Truth is bitter

Even for him to swallow, for in truth he is a prime example of failed leadership.