Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has taken a swipe at the Muhammadu Buhari-led presidency, saying its day of reckoning has come because it failed to listen to the people.

Obasanjo also called for the creation of state police as a measure to tackle the ravaging insecurity in the country.


The former president made the call while delivering his speech at a lecture titled, “Social responsibility in nation building,” to mark the 78th anniversary of Island Club in Lagos on Friday.

He said only a safe environment could guarantee nation building.

Obasanjo said, “I have said it before and I will say it again. Nigeria should have state police in all the states so that they can adequately tackle insecurity. Guaranteeing citizens a safe environment and round security is one thing a government must do.

“No nation can be built where peace, security and stability are not assured or guaranteed and with reasonable predictability of the President and the future not enthroned. Any government that is deaf, dumb and blind is a government that will not last.

“As a government, you need to listen to the people. If you fail to listen to the people, the day of reckoning will come for you and it will come soon. We can see it all around us; it has come.

“You have to realise that there is an element of hazard in life itself. What would make you not talk? Fear? There is a Yoruba proverb that says, ‘You talk, you die; you don’t talk, you’ll still die.’ Death is inevitable. As I am here, I am not afraid of death.

“It is painful what we are seeing. There are currently over four million out-of-school children in Nigeria. That is a fact. They cannot hide that. No Nigerian should bury their faces because they are scared of death. State the fact; if they want to deny it, let them deny it.”

He urged Nigerians to embrace their diversity and work as one nation towards a common goal of one Nigeria.

He added, “Diversity is of God; sameness is of the devil. We, as Nigerians, must learn to manage our diversity so that we can have one goal – the Nigerian dream. A nation is not formed until there is a stake and mutual dignity and responsibility and purpose for every component.

nairavsdollars:
After almost completing 8 years? OBJ should go and sit down

RiceProducers:
Silly ex this, ex that.
Buhari did not listen to you, not the people.
When did you ever listen to the people when you were in Aso Rock?

Welcum:






I celebrate this eye-popping shamelessness of our old men. They have zero conscience and we the people seem to be sleeping. We need state police but OBJ is not qualified to say it. Buhari will soon step down and begin to criticize the Federal Government for failing to ban open grazing.






Did Lalasticlala and Seun come to work today?

SRAROFDAVID:
are you a kid obj have been talkingbfight from buharis first turn or telling Nigerians to vote out due to mediocrity and economic hardship, where you at that time goat

Blackfire:
This igbo man called obasanjo should close his mouth ... failed politician



We the youths are solidly behind our darling president


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Islie:


Obasanjo also called for the creation of state police as a measure to tackle the ravaging insecurity in the country.




http://saharareporters.com/2021/10/30/buharis-day-reckoning-has-come-because-he-failed-listen-nigerians-%E2%80%93-ex-president-obasanjo


Lalasticlala

DOTian:
Obasanjo always has something to say or correct about the policies of an incumbent government but once he is there, he doublesdown on the stupidity and acts worse.

Yobabad:
Buha.ri is as useless as peace in islam

Wiseandtrue:

Buhari cannot even beat the worst of OBJ!

Even Abacha was not his callous!

Buhari has thrown caution into the wind! And you can only be like that when you are a terrorist hiding behind power!

If Pantami was serving under OBJ by now he would have been relieved of his job if not jailed!

Someone who said all you need is an excuse to start killing Now look at what the Nigerian Army is doing in the South East!

No human should ever pray to be like Buhari

I salute the man who renamed his child after naming his child after Buhari!

That name is a disaster

It's goes side by side with adolf Hitler!

tyup:
To the best of my knowledge and understanding, you helped Buhari attain that position and tore ur PDP card cuz of the hatred toward Jonathan. tbh the people that are not supposed to suffer under Buhari's regime are the igbos and we in the NE that voted Jonathan again.