Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on
Wednesday blasted the President Goodluck
Jonathan-led administration and the National
Assembly for promoting corruption and poor
governance.
The ex-President spoke in Abuja at the presentation
of books by a former Chairman of the Independent
Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences
Commission, retired Justice Mustapha Akanbi.
“For quite some time, the covered and hushed-up
corruption has had its toll on the economy,”
Obasanjo said.
According to him, the increasing rate of corruption
under Jonathan had damaged the economy,
warning that “in the future, we will have a budget
that cannot be funded.”
He said, “We may have to borrow to pay salaries
and allowances. Revenue allocation to states and
local governments has already drastically reduced.
Capital projects at all levels may have to be
drastically cut or stopped.
“Nigeria cannot continue to indulge in disdain of
truth, elevation of corruption and incompetence,
reinforcement of failure, condonation of heinous
crimes and celebration of mediocrity, tribal bigotry,
fomenting violence and anti-democratic practices
in states and National Assembly.
“Corruption in the National Assembly also includes
what they call constituency projects, which they
give to their agents to execute, but invariably, full
payment is made with little or no job done.
“In all these, if
the executive
is absolutely
above board,
the offending
members of
the National
Assembly
resort to
subtle or open
threat,
intimidation
and blackmail
of the
executive.”
On Boko Haram, Obasanjo blamed the escalation
of the insurgency on the delay in Jonathan’s
understanding of the sect and the threat they posed
to the nation.
“Boko Haram is not simply a menace based on
religion or one directed to frustrate anybody’s
political ambition. It is essentially a socio-economic
problem that is tainted with religion. It is a
gargantuan danger to the nation and to all
Nigerians.
“Initially, President Jonathan’s understanding of
Boko Haram phenomenon suffered from wrong
reading and wrong imputation. That is what led us
to where we are today.
“It took even the President more than three years
to appreciate and understand that it is a terrible
mix of poor education or lack of education;
misinterpretation of what Islam and the Quran
teach and stand for, poverty, unemployment,
injustice, drug, gun trafficking, human trafficking,
fallout from Libya, revenge, frustration, struggle
against inequality, imitation of international
terrorism leading to training and part of the
absorption by international terrorist groups and
general poor governance, including corruption. I
have always maintained that the solution to Boko
Haram or any organisation like it lies in the
application of carrot and stick approach.”
www.today.ng/news/obasanjo-blasts-jonathan-again-says-hes-promoting-corruption-bad-governance/

I don't need OBJ to tell me before I know Jonathan is evil personified.

tell them, saint obj, tell them!

I don't need OBJ to tell me before I know Jonathan is evil personified.




I hate everything pdp/obj/jonathan are the same-pdp rubbish.

Goodluck,
have you acquired 1000 hectars in every state of the nation like obj?

do you not want to emulate the good example of our hero past, obj?