Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has shared his thought about development in states across the country.
In his keynote address tagged ‘Respecting the principles of democracy’ at the international conference on ‘Deepening democratic culture and institutions’, held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Thursday, January 26, Obasanjo noted that many states run by professors, retired military officers and professionals have not witnessed visible improvements.
He also lamented that the political campaigns in Nigeria had been overtaken by insults, lies and selfish interest instead of addressing issues of national interest and progress.
Obasanjo averred that campaigns have been taken over by minions who have now built iron-rings around candidates at all levels.
The former President said;
“At the end of all the rigmarole, people get elected: they never believed in or shared a common platform, failed to carry Nigerians along, lacked a deep understanding of the trends and tendencies in the social and economic system.
“Everyone in this room, whether we admit it or not, is an expert in Nigerian politics. We all have opinions and we have prescriptions for all the problems of Nigeria. Yet, the country is not making progress. Most of us are experts in what we know little or nothing about and ignoramus in what is our duty and responsibility. We have tried all sorts of regimes, ideologies, planning strategies and personalities in power: the so-called new breed did not show that they were different.
“Equally, states run by professors, retired military officers and other professionals including teachers did not experience visible and substantial improvements. True, there have been some outstanding leaders at various levels of power but no tree has ever made a forest; the good ones are few and far in between and did not form critical mass. The lack of conversations across fault-lines and primordial proclivities mean that our leaders are unable to share ideas and have durable and sustained policies for long enough time. This prevents useful cooperation, collaboration, stability and sustainability. It means that whatever best practices are in one location remain there and may die there.”
Obasanjo who also lamented that Nigeria leaders are not showing clear capacities to provide a transformative leadership that unites Nigerians and contains ethnic, religious, regional and clannish, selfish, class proclivities, added that the way Nigeria's democracy is practiced has deepened contradictions, negative coalitions, distrust, disloyalty and unpatriotic tendencies within and between communities and constituencies all over the country.
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Go use Asari Dokubo or Mc Oluomo instead na.
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I think Mazi Kanu or Simeon Ekpa will make a great president
Like this! 1Dislike this! 0ReplyObj is right! It's only the Obi/Datti campaign that's talking about real issues confronting Nigeria.
Like this! 4Dislike this! 0ReplyDon't mind them, they think governing is the same as speaking English. Obaseki is an example.
Like this! 1Dislike this! 0ReplyEspecially, Soludo...that man just dey smoke ganja.
Like this! 2Dislike this! 0ReplyInstead of apologise to all Nigerian because of selfish interests against national interests among themselves. Obasanjo turns himself as a saint and orator without conscience
Like this! 1Dislike this! 5ReplyThe way this man is growing in wisdom..is like he will overtake metusila oo
Like this! 1Dislike this! 0ReplyNumber one, Prof. Benedict Ayade Bastard of Cross River
Like this! 4Dislike this! 0ReplyBuhari and Ayade comes to mind. Complete failures. Shame on APC and TINUBU.
Like this! 4Dislike this! 0ReplyBaba is doing well
Like this! 0Dislike this! 0ReplyToh lets give a business man and a capitalist a chance. Peter and yusuf for the presidency.
Like this! 0Dislike this! 0ReplyHe's making sense...most Nigerians are unpatriotic, we don't believe in Nigeria, we don't care about our neighbors, we just want what we can get even at the expense of others...the greed in this country is astronomical, Our mindset and thinking pattern is selfish!...our government is lazy both at the national and state levels, most of our legislators are not smart and cannot come up with good ideas, the few that do are stone walled by the greedy and blind ones, our institutions are weak and filled with corrupt people, the police, and other armed groups are headed by tribal and ethnic bigots, our 'professionals' are corrupt both in the public and private sectors, our Universities are business centers not institutions of learning, most of our lecturers have outdated knowledge, most are lazy and corrupt, our students are lazy and unwilling to learn, they despise hardwork but want to live a good life...our boys are fraudstars our girls are whores...we are very religious but lack basic moral values. We celebrate mediocrity but look down on excellence. We prefer to travel to Europe and America to study and live but we forget those countries were built through hard work, discipline and patriotism by patriotic citizens, with this mindset of 'Japa' we will always be inferior to the white man whether we like it or not...I love Nigeria, we have all it takes to make this country great if we start thinking and acting differently at all levels!!
Like this! 2Dislike this! 0ReplyObasanjo is suffering from restlessness, insanity . He's confused, bitter, nasty and hopeless . He's always talking like a motor park tout.
Like this! 0Dislike this! 3ReplyHe would have been making a lot of sense if he had endorsed Tinubu right?
Like this! 0Dislike this! 0ReplySomeone goes to school, takes exams, passes and gets a certificate. Automatically Nigeria ascribed wisdom to him by virtue of paper certificates. That's the problem. We are more interested in titles than qualities. Okezie Ikpeazh of Abia has Ph.D. Soludo is a professor. Look at Ben Ayade. These are people who should have been left in the classroom, giving lectures and grading papers. But not in Nigeria where educational paper qualifications is the norm. A lawyer that cannot write briefs. A doctor that cannot cure malaria. And the mediocrity festers. Now we wonder why people trade cash and sex for grades. It is all about the certificates/degrees devoid of critical thinking capabilities
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