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‘Nigerians don’t value good leaders until they leave office,’ Oshiomhole praises Jonathan

The former National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, on Saturday praised former President Goodluck Jonathan for leaving behind enviable legacies in the country.

Oshiomhole, who spoke at the one-year memorial lecture in honour of late Captain Hosa Okunbo in Abuja, said Nigerians don’t appreciate good leaders until they leave office.

The former president and Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwase III, were among the speakers at the event.

The ex-Edo State governor admitted that he fought Jonathan out of office because of their differences in political interests.

Oshiomhole’s remark will come as a surprise to many Nigerians as he was one of the fiercest critics of the Jonathan’s administration and he sustained his attack on the former president even after he left office in 2015.

On Saturday, he said: “You (Jonathan) left legacies even though I had cause to fight because it is politics. The legacy you have left, there is no successor who can afford to do less.

“But the beauty of a multi-party democracy is that even an angel can be defeated. Sincerely speaking, you have set a standard that none of your successors can afford to go below.

“Part of your legacies was when you launched the Almajiri School and your thought was that no Nigerian child should be left on the street and also appropriated special funds.

“These ideas are not new but what we lack is the will to transform them into practice. We don’t know who our friends are until we are no more.

“No one is appreciated until he or she leaves office.

Look at this BEAST in human flesh talking?
No shame at all.
Ugly MOFOKA!

Who valued you in Edo after you left office?

Exactly, same way His Excellence, President Mohammadu Buhari (GCFR) will be missed.

His giant strides, accountability, and war against corruption will always be reckoned with.

It is now crystal clear to the short man that he served the devil and sacrificed his brother on the altar of politics, forgetting that the chicken will come home to roost.

I think Oshiomhole should do a public apology in Nigerian dailies to be fully accepted by all. After insulting Jonathan and Okonjo-Iweala, he now seeks for forgiveness, stylishly.

WAYREEE

Awon oloriburuku
Apc

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Exactly, same way His Excellence, President Mohammadu Buhari (GCFR) will be missed.

His giant strides, accountability, and war against corruption will always be reckoned with.

you should have told me you were one of the nairaland residents zombies na chai, and I was wasting my effort replying you. Buhari giant strides indeed.goodluck handed buhari dollar at 200naira buhari took it to 700 naira. I told you this old people need rest Tinubu will take it to 1700 if he ever wins.

He’s referring to Goodluck Jonathan. The most criticized and abused president, but will rather remain cool and calm.

Buhari will be remembered as the president undo whose watch all the jihadist fulanis in Africa converge to terrorize Nigerians .

Another criminal mind who rode on the labour union to become governor

Except you and Buhari

No be for Buhari

Unfortunately and no matter how disgusting the messenger is nor how awkwardly this might sound in a very ironic way, what he said is the truth about the Nigerian system.

It isn't because the past leaders and their administration were fantastic but because the system is so rotten that every incumbent makes the previous administration look like some super hero.

Until we come together to decipher what is behind this anomaly, we'll keep going in circles.

The next administration will .ake so many start hailing this Bubu's administration.

No be pessimism or curse oh...sime reality.

Make we dey watch...

This has always been the case.

[quote author=Bluntguy post=115678436]Who valued you in Edo after you left office?[/oshiomholeis the best governor in the historyof Edo. I stay in benin]