Former Senate President, Senator Ameh Ebute yesterday took a swipe at former President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying he failed to use his three years as a Military Head of State and eight years as an elected president to do the needful in solving the nation’s problems, just as he said if the former president had done his best in addressing some of these sectoral problems, Nigeria would have been better for it.
According to Senator Ebute, former President Obasanjo could not fix critical roads like the Benin-Ore road, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Kano-Maiduguri road, the East West Road, just as he said that even his Otta-Abeokuta dual carriage were recklessly abandoned and could not be fixed in all his eight years as President, despite having more oil money from the Petroleum Ministry over which he personally superintended as President and oil Minister.
Why should a President double as the Petroleum Minister of a country? In a 6- page letter to Former President Obasanjo and made available to Vanguard yesterday Ebute said that for Obasanjo to draw Nigerians attention to the problems confronting the country was an indictment on him, having failed Nigeria as a past leader who was opportuned to rule the country as a military man and as a democrat.
He said that Chief Obasanjo was unable or perhaps unwilling to unbundle the PHCN and privatize the power sector for efficient management during his eight years as President of the country, alleging that he made superficial attempt to improve power supply in the twilight of his administration by committing Nigeria to spend a colossal sum of 16 billion dollars which was paid upfront to import gas turbines for the NIPP projects.
Senator Ebute said, “While agreeing with you that these are indeed problems that ought to be firmly addressed by the leaders of our country, it is rather unfortunate that you had an unusual opportunity of making impacts in these areas for three years as a Military ruler and then eight years as a civilian President but you either forgot that posterity would call you to account as the longest serving leader this country has ever had or you simply neglected to “do the needful” as you now advise others to do.
“Baba,“ you said in that same Press statement that “Today, Nigeria needs all hands on deck to deal with our pressing problems of widening inequality, infrastructure, impunity, corruption, poverty and youth education, skill-acquisition, empowerment and employment” and that this accounts for part of your anger against the PDP. This, with all sense CONTINUE READING >>> http://www.chimauwazie..in/2014/10/obasanjo-had-11-years-to-do-needful-but.html

That's why we are tired of PDP. We don't want them again. They should just go and die

I never expected much from obj though. To me, his only failure still affects us today and that is the failure of credible elections and making inec really independent and efficient. We wouldn't have been in this mess today.

Ecoutez moi monsieur Ebute, how many needful did you do, abi does..... rien

Who doesnt know that the expired politician- OBJ did next-to-nothing in 8yrs. Dont tell me GSM achievement before Ghana/benin rep. that had GSM years before Nigeria will laugh at us. Do his own lagos-ibadan road, he no fit ¿