₦airaland Forum

9jatriot:
He may have been a good man, but with due respect to him, there were question marks about his credentials as a leader. It was in his time we were hearing 8 point agenda. What many young people do not realize is that there were a lots of complain about his leadership style and people were saying he should reduce the 8 point agenda to 1 since it was looking like he was overwhelmed.

Maybe reducing fuel price is what you like about him, it was a populist move but on the long run was a bad move. CAnceling the sale of the refineries was another major bad thing. Then the investment in the power sector which they prematurely began to probe is why we are still where we are in terms of power.

The power plants that were coming into the country were abandoned at the ports because there was no more funding to get them out and continue with the power plan.

GEJ just came and decided that looting was what he should be remembered for

And some clowns are rooting for GEJ for 2027.


We rise by lifting others

DeOTR:
You missed the part where they spent $16billion on same electricity you said was of higher priority than Burj Khalifa? Do you know what it means for $16b to vanish into thin air even in today's Nigeria and we're talking about a time when our nation budget was still under #5trillion annually

Ayodele Fayose seems to have superior facts at his disposal, in respect of his allegation that 'Baba Iyabo', is the 'Grand father of corruption', in Nigeria.

I am surprised OBJ has not deem it fit to clear his name over the 'uncomplimentary tag' added to his name, by Fayose since 2017.

https://www.thecable.ng/fayose-obasanjo-govt-corrupt-nigerias-history/

Solsix:
Yaradua was a good man, not a tribalistic and was fair to everyone. There was no fantastic governor those days especially from the north unlike now. He was also looking for someone who is not corrupt.

He was better than all governors combined and performance was good despite the little time frame. Up till date no presidents was able to bench fuel price to #450 to #550

brain54:
Rome wasn't built in a day...

He laid a foundation that could be built upon. Everything went into disarray after he left!

A foundation for weak institutions and strong men. My friend it is just that you are in Africa good leadership like a bad one is as clear as day it does not need marketing. You will see it and feel it.

Factcheck0001:
yaradua was picked to compensate his brother shehu that died when they were incarcerated n also to please his region.

I pity those who believe obj meant well for Nigeria, he picked 2 puppet that will b easy for him to control.

Yaradua was a very gentle man who even made his clear the election that brought him in was rigged, and u should observe Jonathan too he was also a gentle person

Obj picked 2 gentle men whom he could control

Yaradua never do all his bidding and refuse to be controlled. Yes he awards some contracts to him and the parties leadership and allies. Same thing PMB and Tinubu did, if you think someone is controlling Tinubu, you are wrong. PMB was surrounded by wolves and cabals, those ones spoilt is government

Factcheck0001:
God bless u

Don't b surprised many of these kids praising obj weren't even around during his governance


Obj worst Abeg, I witnessed it live n direct so it's annoying when he's trying to form angel today n some people are falling for it

God bless you, too.

I am not really surprised that many of those commenting on SS now do not our history or that some, as typical Nigerian, do have very short and selective memories. I just believe we owe ourselves the courtesy correcting such distortion of history by laying out the facts "as-is" whenever we come across such distortions.

Thanks.

Factcheck0001:
same obj that delayed the introduction of phones cos he believed it wasn't meant for the masses, it was too much pressure from the western world that make him finally succumb because Nigeria was their biggest target and they see a large market in us.

Same obj that had a deal with MTN that on every card u own, he has 1 naira deal whenever u use *555*1* to recharge?

Same man that enjoyed so much patronage and kickback from MTN that he never wanted them to have indigenous rival?

Glo was denied license for good 3 times after spending huge money, go n listen to adenuga n u will realize OBJ needs not b praised on these things cos he frustrated it

But to the end we all have access to telecommunications and other digital facilities. Both the rich and poor access it without any hassle.
Can you say same of this your precious regime, I believe what it successful gave access to is wide range of unreasonable inflation, and daily taxation... I am not sentimental here, this is what everyone can see in your almighty APC lead administration with no proof to show rather than insecurity

Where 40 characters restrictkon 😂

Oga do not despair. Everyone whether old or young is getting closer to his destination. Death never favour young or old. Any can die at anytime.

Biodun556:
https://leadership.ng/im-in-hurry-to-see-nigeria-rise-getting-close-to-my-departure-lounge-obasanjo/

Did Obj criticize himself and his role in the mess that is Nigeria? Or did he as usual in full exercise of his usual "god complex" use the book to talk down on everyone else but himself?

Nigerians have stockholm syndrome, there will always be people who would stand up for previous leaders no matter how bad they were, mark my words in 15 to 20 years time, people would be saying T-Pain tried his best . From rigging to vindictive politics and stomach infrastructure, it all started with Obasanjo. Even the MTN deal, baba still received his own cut but revisionist would have us believe he's the best thing since sliced bread

9jatriot:
Pairing Yar Adua and GEJ was his greatest undoing in terms of a successor plan but then what were his options? Odili was one of the hopeful, but to me not a good choice, Donald Duke was another hopeful, but being from the South, replacing another southerner was not going to work and Obj knew that.

Next was Atiku but he had fallen out of favor so Obj was not going to support him. I cannot remember who the nortrhers that were in conntensions were but for some weird reason, he went to recruit Yar Adua who was not even nursing any ambition and not particularly impressive as a governor. of Katstina state.

Reason not weird and is well known. Umaru Yaradua was younger brother to the late General Shehu Yaradua, who was easily the single Northerner or I dare say Nigerian who OBJ loved and respected the most. Giving it to Yaradua was almost lke giving it to family.

BabaAduras:
He even slept with the wife of his son.

It seems the proper story is that that young lady was already OBJ'smistress long before his son Gbenga took a shine to her and married her. So the relationship simply continued: the son ought not go after the father's meat. I also understand that the lady in question was damaged goods having been sexually abused by her own father.

Jeon:
So sad,can bear to lose such a great leader and a good man who cared/is still caring for a nation.


Rest on great-grandpa.

See on the other side.

has he died, why the 'rest on' greeting

Statement borne out of immense regret.

OBJ and IBB had the best opportunity to fix Nigeria. But failed woefully.

We have not forgotten the '$16 billion' spent on power without nothing to show for it.

OneCandleAway:
That's a lie. Oil price wasn't hard gh during Obasanjo. It was during Jonathan you can say iol price was high

Let's not pretend that Obasanjo was a good man. He was the same man kept pushing the price of oil higher.

The man kept inec under his control, and he decides who wins and lose. I can mention many of his evil.

Image123:
Lol at OBJ in a hurry to see Nigeria attain its potential for greatness. What a classic joke.
He was president when UAE was building Dubai Mall, Dubai Metro, Burj Khalifa. He had 8 years as civilian president and about 3years as military president. He even lobbied a 3rd term. He and Atiku built personal farms, universities and other businesses instead and like Obi 'saved' money. Imagine your dad saving money when you were supposed to be in school.

dubai Metro started construction 2006.
Cost: ≈ US $7.6 billion

Burj Khalifa started construction 2004.
Cost: ≈ US $1.5 billion

dubai Mall started construction 2004.
Cost: ≈ US $1.2 billion

(Before you say maybe money no dey) Obasanjo government had committed approximately US $16 billion to electricity with nothing to show. You can guess where the money went.
It was the same period that they sold PHCN and NITEL. Please, don't tempt the truth.

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You talk like a child

Where did obasanjo saw 16 billion dollars for NEPA?

Remember he saved 43 billions and another 25 billion and paid 12 billion as debt. So where did his administration now see 16 billion almost 50% of entire reserve to push into one sector.

Get brain mr man

Factcheck0001:
it's obvious u don't know what u are saying

Obj messed up considering the resources he had at his disposal as president, he was given a new land to build but laid a very poor foundation that politicians today are banking on.

It was his third term ambition that made him increase money of politicians that make politics attractive today

When was obj so free and accessible that anyone could call him?

How many people had phones then?

Same man that declared state of emergency at will n used Maurice iwu as inec chairman?

Same man that orchestrated political assassination, till today top players against him were assassinated n nothing heard about it till now

Obasanjo was far from perfect. Agreed! However the stats on his performance on the economy and other critical areas were very good. Can you compare any president's achievements to his so far

ChrisIntegral:
But Baba still deh alife na

Ah, I no know ooo.

Thunderfayamods:
Do you read to comprehend at all?

No

Kukutente23:
You and 26 other wey like your post don kill am ni?

No

Obasanjo is a National ICON. I hope we appreciate him while alive and he also gets to see a better Nigeria in his lifetime.

brain54:
Democratic institutions were at the strongest during obj's time...

Some of you don't have basic compression. In a class of 10 even if all the students failed one person will still have the best result.

And I'm not saying obj failed... I'm just saying he was the best leader however you looked at it.

Simple Comprehension!

Is there any part of my statement that says he was not the best? Why are you so reactive and emotional that you can't even stop to process the simple statement put before you?

Well, the funniest part is you talking about comprehension when you don't have any. Did I compare Obasanjo with anyone??

Regardless of anything else you want to say, Obasanjo is the author of the confusion that reigns in Nigeria today, because if he had not perfected the art of rigging when he should have been building strong democratic institutions, APC would never have removed Jonathan the way they did. We would at least have faith in the electoral system and thus, in the political future of the country.

So, whether you think Obasanjo is the first or the last, my point to you is that you are engaging in an act of cognitive dissonance when you simultaneously extol him and mourn the current state of Nigeria.

brain54:
That's right...


I was watching his podcast recently and couldn't help thinking the same.

Unfortunate he might never see Nigeria get better.

He was one of the greatest leaders Nigeria ever had though. I can see how passionately he sometimes speaks about a better Nigeria.

Dude did his best as president but somehow the trajectory of progress after his tenure was diverted by those after him. Instead of building on what progress was made under him

It's unfortunate we now find ourselves in the situation where we presently are in!

Obasanjo was no saint.

Jeon:
No

No wonder.

Jeon:
So sad,can bear to lose such a great leader and a good man who cared/is still caring for a nation.


Rest on great-grandpa.

See on the other side.

Bros the man is still alive oooooo. Reserve some characters for that exit day.

zeuss:
All the Ghana must go flying around in those days and the bloated pay for politicians that originally start with 1999 did what for the polity?

Did he not bring about humongous increase salaries? I Remember one junior staff saying she couldn't finish spending her monthly salary. I was like, WTF?

Factcheck0001:
yaradua was picked to compensate his brother shehu that died when they were incarcerated n also to please his region.

I pity those who believe obj meant well for Nigeria, he picked 2 puppet that will b easy for him to control.

Yaradua was a very gentle man who even made his clear the election that brought him in was rigged, and u should observe Jonathan too he was also a gentle person

Obj picked 2 gentle men whom he could control

Unfortunately, OBJ couldn't control either of them. It's unfortunate that Yar'Adua died unexpected. It would have been an interesting thing to see if OBJ would support his second tenure if he were alive and wanted to do a second tenure.....

Jeon:
So sad,can bear to lose such a great leader and a good man who cared/is still caring for a nation.


Rest on great-grandpa.

See on the other side.

E Don die?
Ewo ni rest on, see you on the other side?

Are you an indigenous metaphorically entity, who instead of wishing a grandious ecological person like Papa many more years, now saying a strategic wish of human life.

Be careful o.

The root cause of Nigeria problem was initiated by Olusegun Obasanjo.. Who breed politicians to Embezzle money during civilian and democratic regime. Apart from Lagos state that was develop from 1999-2007..what did the governor do under OBJ.. 35 State was under develop and the governor, minister and Atiku left office with wealth that belongs to the people.

Don't play the devil's advocate. You are part and parcel of what is happening to Nigeria. Thank God, you realize you can't bribe death. You have nothing good to see Nigeria rise.