Obiageli Ezekwesili, Nigeria's former
Nigerian Minister of Education, and
former World Bank vice president for
Africa has told Aljazeera that the
Olusegun Obasanjo adminsitration in
which she served wasn't as corrupt as
the Sani Abacha regime.
Ezekwesili who is also the co-founder of
the #BringBackOurGirls campaign made
the comment while speaking to Al
Jazeera English.
Questioned by Head to Head host, Mehdi
Hasan about endemic corruption in
Nigeria, Oby said her country has a
“political class problem,” but refused to
condemn her former boss and mentor
President Olusegun Obasanjo, who ruled
between 1999 and 2007.
Under pressure by Hasan, she conceded
Obasanjo was “aware of the elements of
corruption, and it was his responsibility
to tackle” them, but categorically denied
he was corrupt himself. “Of course it [the
government] was [corrupt]! [But] There
was no way it could have been more
corrupt than the government of Abacha,”
she said, referring to the military
dictatorship of Sani Abacha that
preceded Obasanjo’s rule. Oby lamented
that the government she was part of
was not able to “succeed fully” in
tackling corruption, and defended her
own track record, saying she had not
been “window dressing” for a corrupt
regime and insisting - despite holding
two ministerial positions in the Nigerian
government, being an advisor to
presidents and holding high office at the
World Bank – that she was not a
politician.
Ezekwesili also told Aljazeera that
Nigerian armed forces have committed
human rights abuses in their fight
against the violent group Boko Haram in
the north of the country. “It clearly does
have instances where human rights
violations have happened,” she says.
Ezekwesili's full interview will be aired in
a new episode of Head to Head, come 1
May 2015 at 20.00 GMT on Al Jazeera
English.

brownlord:
Bloody hypocrite, why not say your boy friend was never corrupt.

Surplus90:
abeg obj dey date am?...

brownlord:


No, e dey calender am

Surplus90:

http://www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/obasanjo-wasnt-as-corrupt-as-abacha-ezekwesili-tells-aljazeera.110984/

Sunnymatey:
Madam, corruption is curruption no matter the degree....

Sunnymatey:
Madam, corruption is curruption no matter the degree. In your govt. OBJ was the President and also in charge of petroleum ministry.why

abduljabbar4:

...The funny thing is she refused to comment on Obasanjos tenure

ugoogift:
What is she insinuating?

ugoogift:
What is she insinuating?

Surplus90:
didn't u read d writeup?