Former President, Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo, yesterday, held a-three-hour- closed door
meeting with five governors of the people’s
Democratic Party, PDP, in his home and declared
that, the problems facing the country are redeemable.
Obasanjo who hosted to Governors Godswill Akpabio
of Akwa-Ibom, Babangida Aliyu of Niger, Sule Lamido
of Jigawa, Isa Yuguda of Bauchi and Liyel Imoke of
Cross-River states said the closed door meeting was
to deliberate on the serious problems affecting the
country.
The governors who were led by the Chairman of PDP
governors, Akpabio, into the palatial private home of
the former President located at Olusegun Obasanjo
Hiltop, in Abeokuta at 12:noon went straight to one of
the private rooms of the former President for the
meeting.
From Left Governor of Bauchi State, Ishaya Aguda,
Godwin Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State former
President of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obansajo,
Muhazu Aliu Babagida of Niger State, Sule Lamido of
Jigawa State and Liwel Imoke of Cross River State
during the visit to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo at his Hill
Top Resident GRA Ibara, Abeokuta on the
They emerged from the meeting three hours after
and addressed newsmen who had besieged the
house of the former President.
Security and economy
Addressing newsmen, Obasanjo thanked the
governors for their concern for the nation, saying;
“They were concerned about what you may call the
situation of the nation-security and economy.
‘’I have raised most of what we discussed in my own
public pronouncements in recent times, not to
castigate anybody, not to bad-mouth anybody, not to
run anybody down, but, out of genuine concern for
the situation of this country and that is the same
thing that brought them and I want to thank them.
“When we looked at these issues closely, very
objectively, we came to the conclusion that, we have
a bad situation, but, not irredeemably bad. Something
can still be done and what now is required is the will
and the courage to do something when and how it
needs to be done. We agreed on that.
“I appreciate their coming to me because of the
respect and honour they have for me, this task is not
for one man and it is not even a task for one group, it
is a task that requires all hands on deck and as they
have said and assured me, they will hold this type of
consultation with other leaders in the interest of this
country which is ours and for which we have no
alternatives.
“The other day, somebody told me he knows
NADECO route but I do not want to follow NADECO
route.
It is incumbent on us to do what is right , with men
like them; Issa Yuguda, Godswill Akpabio, Mu’azu
Babangida Aliyu the Chief Servant, Sule Lamido and a
very good Liyel Imoke, who are colleagues with
whom I have worked, they will like to call themselves
my sons.”
On falling oil price
When asked if he was scared over the dwindling
price of oil and the attendant consequences on the
economy, Obasanjo said, he was never scared but,
lamented that Nigeria should have prepared for the
rainy day.
He said “I am never scared by anything but I am
concerned that firstly, when we had surplus, we did
not remember the rainy day, now ,that the rainy day
is staring us in the face, we must be honest and
courageous enough to do what is right, to let the
nation know and then to take the steps that will put it
right as quickly as possible and you do not need to
be an oracle or a world bank expert or an
International Monetary Fund expert to know that our
economy is not what it should be.
“And this is not the first time we would hear it, we
have heard it in the past when of course I came in
in1999, the price of oil was about $9 and we realised
that we had a problem, we even made budget that we
could not fund but we realised that we were in a
serious situation and we took steps, within two to
three years, we were able to sail through, the price of
fuel started moving up.
“Do not forget that there was a time during the Iraqi
war, price of fuel rose to $42 and then it came down
to $9, the one that we have now, we do not know
when it would bottom and at what price it would
bottom but we can weather the storm if we take
measure that we should take it and when to take it”.
Akpabio speaks
While speaking on behalf of his colleagues, Akpabio
said the governors who were elected on the platform
of the PDP decided to pay a visit to the former
President because of the role he played in the
emergence of the current democracy and the role he
played both nationally and internationally.
He said: “So, we decided that it is important for us to
come and consult with him, as he said, pay our
respect, discuss the affairs of the nation and then to
tap from his wealth of wisdom.
“The intention here is that all Nigerians are
determined to reposition the country, we have no
other country than Nigeria and so, no matter the
challenges we may face today, we must work
together as a team to redeem the situation. I want to
thank our dear leader for receiving us and for what
he said that the situation is redeemable and that we
must also consult other leaders and work to ensure
that the country is redeemed.”
Also speaking, Governor of Niger State, Dr.
Babangida Aliyu said: “ We have come to consult with
the oracle of leadership and politics of this country
and we have benefited tremendously with our
coming.”
Source: Vanguard —

Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo- Still Ruling Nigeria when he's not even our president anymore. *smh*

This OBJ and GEJ matter don dey tire me o don't know who to believe. But any how i no trust OBJ at all
#nigeria politics #

The polity is heating
politicians are scheming
The populace are hoping
The polls are uncertain as the powers are unfolding

According to akpabio (2014) "All Nigerians are determined to reposition the country". politicians frm tym immemorial have been positioning d masses, i think they the politicians are in the rightful position to do d repositioning nw that it has gone all wrong. nt all nigerians.....Imagine dat old man. had it been dat old man wasn't d formal president, his words wud av made little sense to me. he is not communicating.

Sometimes I wondered aloud if Obasanjo was this good in analysing the State of Nigeria's Economy and yet could not replicate about 20% of his 'phantom knowledge' on Nigeria during his 'bolekaja' (come down let's fight) 8 years rule I never for once take him seriously because of his vindictive nature...he even indirectly took a swipe at Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Fayose was right about him, he defintely still has an axe to grind with Jonathan. I dey watch as more drama unfolds from Baba Legba

All shall soon be stories and referrals shall be minimally countered. Story for the lords...