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By Sheriff Balogun  

Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday lamented the state of poverty under the President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, saying the middle class has been destroyed by the economic situation.
According to the former president, “A distress text message received by me from a Nigerian requesting for financial assistance clearly indicated that the middle class era has been destroyed by the economic situation.”
Obasanjo likened the present state of the economy to the one witnessed under the military junta headed by the late General Sani Abacha.

The former president, who addressed a group of traders who were on a courtesy visit to his Abeokuta residence, read the Save Our Soul (SOS) message he (Obasanjo) received to the traders, saying: “I told him (the text message sender) that we have experienced this period during the time of Abacha, all the middle class was completely destroyed.”
He said the development notwithstanding, the situation did not change his conviction that “tough time do not last forever, and when tough times come, tough people get going. We will keep going and we will survive this tough time.”
Obasanjo narrated the story of a military personnel who could not afford to buy a brand new car, which he said was a surprise to him.
“I was surprised the day a colonel in the army came to me, complaining that he and his family could not afford to buy a car,” he said.
He also gave another example about a medical doctor’s family that had to relocate to the Arabian country to survive.
“A friend of mine, Dr. Okoro, a medical doctor, his wife was also a medical doctor and they have a daughter who is a medical doctor too. Between the three of them, they could not afford a new car, they had to go to Saudi Arabia. But I pray we will not have such a time in Nigeria,” he said.
While responding to the request of the traders on the way forward especially ahead of the 2015 political dispensation, he said Nigerians have to be alert and vigilant on the situation.
He said: “We have to be at alert. To be forewarned is to be fore armed, if we will get ourselves out of the morals we find ourselves in, it has to be done by each and every one of us.

“We all have contribution to make and should not leave our responsibility on others to do. If we fail to participate in things that are meaningfully positive for this country, you will be a victim and we all become victims.”
Obasanjo said as far as the next political dispensation is concerned, he could not decide yet, resorting on spiritual guidance for help.
He said: “As for me, we don’t know where we are going yet, may God show us the way. The way that will take this country and make it a great one, and when, for me, I understand and I see the way, I will tell you. I pray that God will show me the way, may God show you the way.”

However, leader of the delegation and National President of the Nigerian Market/Traders Council, Mrs. Funsho Osho, said the visit was meant to get the direction of the former president on the 2015 elections.
She said the council had tremendous support from the former president during his eight year rule “as such, we deem it necessary and as a mark of respect to come and find out on which direction we are going.”



http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/obasanjo-laments-level-of-poverty-under-jonathan-s-govt/187288/

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Liverpool have completed
the signing of Italian
international forward
Mario Balotelli from AC
Milan.
On signing for the club, Balotelli told Liverpool’s official website, “I’m very happy. We’ve been talking about coming here and now I’m happy to be here.

“Liverpool are one of the best teams here in England and the football is very good here.

“It’s a great team with young players, and that’s why I came here.”

He will wear the No. 45 shirt for the Reds, explaining, “When I first played three or four games with Inter Milan, when I was young, I had No.45 because the numbers for young players were from No.36 to No.50.

“I took No.45 because I was joking that four plus five is nine – and I scored in all four games. It brings me luck and that’s why I’ve always kept No.45.”

The 24-year-old flew back to England on Monday morning after spending the weekend in Italy and put pen to paper on what is understood to be a three-year deal worth £80,000 per week, according to The Guardian.

Earlier in the day Balotelli was spotted taking his first training session with the club’s conditioning coach, Ryland Morgans.
Balotelli returns to the Premier League a year and a half after leaving Manchester City for Milan. He scored 30 goals in 54 games for the Serie A club and will provide Liverpool with further attacking ammunition.

Balotelli was not registered in time to be eligible to face his former club when the Reds go to Man City on Monday night in the Premier League, but he will likely make his debut away at Tottenham on Sunday, August 31st.

http://www.thisisanfield.com/2014/08/confirmed-mario-balotelli-completes-16m-liverpool-move/

This otueke man self.
Smh

berem: Tiwa of course! The model get flat yansh and flat bweasts.e no fit her joor!

Taa! Tiwa de like village market woman. Why she come open her leg wide like that?

That woman deserve to die by hanging

Let me remind the useless op that GEJ will win in Lagos, Ekiti, Ondo, Ogun, Oyo states just like in 2011. Tinubu knows how to do the magic

Rochas is only fooling him self

Sloan: They cannot even sell land to themselves or allow it be used for communal purposes (church) while they are claiming land in another man's land?? I am so certain soon they will all be sent packing back to their small land where most will have to live on trees or gullies.

I hope you are ready to refund them their money. Till then sha.......

GEJ is so dull to my liking in dealing with this animals and their sponsors

chinex276: ehyaa!! I jus dey pity u

Pity your mother not me

ebankole: What do you expect from Ibo land if not fake this fake that,especially in such a slum as Aba?

warning on your way coming home and the bus stop on aba or near aba express way,don't buy any bread or else nah Garri u go find inside that bread.

i don warn o

Product of Soka horror forest.

gnykelly: the name Azikwe has been reintroduced yo serve the ego of the ibos

Stop crying. There is no way GEJ will add Tunde on his name

berem: all those you mentioned,are they still active on nairaland?
We have more foolish people on this section and the names keep growing everyday. Lemme help you invite the wise men and women of politics section.

Gbawe
Barcanista
Cleverly
Neenar
Edogirl2
Ilugunboy
Ochejoseph
Prophetone
PointB
Jmaine
Obiagelli
Egift
Aresa

And others I can't remember their name

Op did not ask for tribal bigots

iboTOTOdeySMELL: It shant be well with you flatheaded nyamiri b.stard

Why dont you go back to the PDP controlled states of Abia and Ebonyi? What are you doing in Lagos?

What have your useless president done for the southwest? Where is the Lagos-Ibadan expressway? Where is the Apapa express road? Mention one tangible federal government project in Yorubaland.

Olosi Olori Pelebe

Animal. Do you have Lagos state voters card? Stay in your poverty ridden Oshun state

Johnnyessence: @grat sw is not d one they are seeing in 2011 see people are more elaborate it's without shoes he used to win mind of d people now no single development in each state d fg do so tell people are not fooled people don shine their fuel subsidy protest is still can our mind upon what TAN is doing around they will loose see people are not fooled with rice and kerosene again.

You see?

diamond4life: gej's govt is not good, but an apc govts wont be better, show me anyone (of them) with a better track record.