Abeokuta: Meets PDP governors A meeting between former President
Olusegun Obasanjo and five Peoples
Democratic Party(PDP) governors at
Obasanjo’s residence, Abeokuta, the
Ogun State capital, has ended with the
former President saying Nigeria is in a “bad situation.” Obasanjo, who addressed reporters
said the situation of the country is bad,
but added that it is “not irretrievably
bad if there the will and courage to do
the right thing at the right time.” The former president said he
deliberated with the governors on
“issues affecting the country- the
security and the economy among
others. He added that as Nigerians, “we have
no other country except Nigeria.” Obasanjo said one does not have to be
World Bank economist or the
International Monetary Fund(IMF)
expert to discern that the nation’s
economy is ailing and require the will
and courage by the managers not only to tell the nation the truth, but
also the way out. The five governors who met Obasanjo
– Liyel Imoke (Cross River), Isa
Yuguda (Bauchi), Sule Lamido
(Jigawa), Babangida Aliu (Niger) and
Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom). The governors were led to the
meeting by Akpabio, who is the
Chairman of the PDP Governors’
Forum. They arrived Obasanjo’s Presidential
Hill -Top Estate by 12:40pm, and met
for over three hours with their host.
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