Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has again
torn at President Goodluck Jonathan, saying
Nigerian democracy remained at risk due to the
action of the present administration.
Speaking at a book Launch in honour of the
pioneer chairman of the Independent Corrupt
Practices Commission, ICPC, Mustapha Akanbi,
in Abuja, Mr. Obasanjo, who is the Chairman of
the occasion, said the president should stop
encouraging ‘verbal violence which may not
physically hurt but has ways of degenerating
into physical violence’.
Mr. Obasanjo said the greatest indictment
against any administration is to be seen trying
to destroy opposition of all sorts which
invariably mean destroying democracy.
“Management of democracy without resorting to
brute force and dictatorial tendencies must be
cultivated,” the former President said.
“As a leader, you must not deliberately do evil
or condone evil. You should know that you will
one day give account to God, you may cover up
here, but before God, there is no cover up.”
The former president also spoke at lenght on
the President’s handling of the Boko Haram
insurgency, corruption, the economy and youth
unemployment.
On insecurity, Mr. Obasanjo said Boko Haram is
not out to “frustrate anyone’s political efforts”
and lamented that it took Mr. Jonathan the
years to fully understand the menace.
On corruption, Mr. Obasanjo said, “when the
head is rotten, the whole body is useless”
On the economy, he said Nigeria would continue
to sink deeper and that what Nigerians are told
about the state of the economy “is not truly
what the economy is”.
“The economy is in doldrums, if not in reverse,”
he said.
Mr. Obasanjo’s latest attack on the President is
coming seven days after he rated Mr. Jonathan’s
performance as below average.
The former president had spoken last weekend
in Abeokuta while addressing book writers as
part of activities marking the Ake Arts and Book
Festival.
“I rate this current administration below
average,” Mr. Obasanjo said in response to a
question about Mr. Jonathan’s performance.
The former president also said he deserved
credit for helping an individual from a minority
tribe become Nigeria’s President.
“Rather than take blame for bringing Jonathan
to power, I should be taking credit,” he added.
The Nigerian presidency responded Sunday,
slamming Mr. Obasanjo and describing his
rating as untrue and misleading.
In a statement in Abuja, the Senior Special
Assistant to the President on Public Affairs,
Doyin Okupe, said Mr. Obasanjo’s rating was at
variance “with the facts on the ground”.
Mr. Okupe said President Jonathan had
performed so well that “in terms of
performance and achievements, no
administration since 1960 when Nigeria gained
independence from Britain, has done as much as
that of President Jonathan”.

Source: premium times

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