Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former
president, outlined the major problems which
he faced during his eight-year tenure in
office.
Obasanjo spoke about his years of
presidency on Tuesday, August 4, at his
residence in Abeokuta, Ogun state, as he
received Ade Abolurin (rtd), the former corp
commandant of Nigeria Security and Civil
Defence Corp (NSCDC).
According to Vanguard, he said that bunkering
and vandalism were the “most challenging
problems” and he therefore insured the
institutionalisation of the NSCDC through an
act of Parliament to deal with the issue.
“Some of the things that I had to confront
during my tenure as President of Nigeria were
pipeline vandalism, holdup, and stealing of
crude oil.
“That stealing is what they call bunkering; there
is nothing like bunkering, it is outright
stealing. We used all the available agencies and
resources; and your organisation as a voluntary
organisation, unpaid, unremunerated,
unrecognised and not institutionalised, was
doing great job without being armed and without
being equipped.
“That meant the height of commitment,
nationalism, patriotism and service to fatherland
and service to humanity. Of course, I didn’t
hesitate to move ahead for an act of Parliament
to be able to organise you into what you are
today.”
He further lamented over the “lack of
continuity” in Nigeria expressing hope,
however, that this will not be the problem in
the NSCDC.
“I hope in your own case and this organisation,
there would be continuity; continuity not for the
man coming after you to do everything exactly
like you have done it.
“It is not possible even if the person coming
after you is your biological son, he wouldn’t do
everything the way you would want to do it. As I
am talking to you, I am also talking to your
successor and I believe that where you have
taken this organisation to, those coming after
you will be able to build over it.”
Chief Obasanjo has recently spoke out on the
issue of bad journalism when he received the
former secretary of the Nigerian Union of
Journalists on his 53rd birthday. OBJ, the
author of My Watch autobiography, criticized
non-professionals working in the sphere of
media calling them “bad eggs” who should not
be allowed to cover the country news.

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No gut no glory

Old man weh no wan give himself respect, well its always common among d sophisticated people.

ok

baba just keep quiet and watch as the wind of change blows
God bless Nigeria

EBORA OWU!!!!

Respect sir

Old people in this generation hardly shut their mouth.

Josegun:
Respect sir

Respect Sir