– Olusegun Obasanjo says it is tiring to
hear the complaints of the Buhari
administration when it was voted in to
change the mistakes of the past
– Obasanjo says the president also does not
need the $30billion foreign loan to turn
Nigeria’s economic fortunes around
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo says
President Buhari should stop complaining
and fix the mess
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has
attacked President Muhammadu Buhari for
dwelling too much on the past and failing to
turn around the fortunes of the country.
Premium Times reports that while delivering
the keynote address at the First Akintola
Williams Annual Lecture in Lagos on
Wednesday, November 23, Obasanjo lashed
at the Buhari administration for accusing all
previous administrations of mis-governance.
READ ALSO: Appeal Court sack Biyi Poroye,
others as Ondo PDP executives
He advised that since Buhari was elected to
change the country, he should concentrate
on clearing the mess he inherited.
“Now that we have had change because the
actors and the situation needed to be
changed, let us move forward to have
progress through a comprehensive economic
policy and programme that is intellectually,
strategically and philosophically based,” Mr.
Obasanjo said.
“It is easier to win an election than to right the
wrongs of a badly fouled situation. When you
are outside, what you see and know are
nothing compared with the reality.
“And yet once you are on seat, you have to
clear the mess and put the nation on the path
of rectitude, development and progress leaving
no group or section out of your plan,
programme and policy and efforts. The longer
it takes, the more intractable the problem may
become.”
Obasanjo also wondered why President
Buhari needed about $30billion loan to fix
the economy.
READ ALSO: Shame on you. Fani-Kayode
slams Sheriff, Ibrahim after Jegede’s Appeal
court victory
“I am sure that such a comprehensive policy
and programme (that will move Nigeria
forward) will not support borrowing US$30
billion in less than three years. It will give us
the short-, medium- and long-term picture.
“Adhocry is not the answer but cold, hard
headed planning that evinces confidence and
trust is the answer. Economy neither obeys
orders nor does it work according to wishes.
It must be worked upon with all factors
considered and most stakeholders involved.
“The investors, domestic and foreign, are no
fools and they know what is going on with the
management of the economy including the
foreign exchange and they are not amused.
The Central Bank must be restored to its
independence and integrity. We must be
careful and watchful of the danger of
shortermism.
“Short-term may be the enemy of medium- and
long-term. We must also make allowance for
the lessons that most of us in democratic
dispensation have learned and which the
present administration seems to be just
learning.”
The former president used to be a staunch
supporter of President Buhari but all that
seems to have changed.
Obasanjo also did not forget to mention that
the national assembly is a cesspool of
corruption that stinks to the high heavens.
This is not the first time he has come after
the federal lawmakers of the 8th assembly
who also do not have any love lost for him.
hear the complaints of the Buhari
administration when it was voted in to
change the mistakes of the past
– Obasanjo says the president also does not
need the $30billion foreign loan to turn
Nigeria’s economic fortunes around
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo says
President Buhari should stop complaining
and fix the mess
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has
attacked President Muhammadu Buhari for
dwelling too much on the past and failing to
turn around the fortunes of the country.
Premium Times reports that while delivering
the keynote address at the First Akintola
Williams Annual Lecture in Lagos on
Wednesday, November 23, Obasanjo lashed
at the Buhari administration for accusing all
previous administrations of mis-governance.
READ ALSO: Appeal Court sack Biyi Poroye,
others as Ondo PDP executives
He advised that since Buhari was elected to
change the country, he should concentrate
on clearing the mess he inherited.
“Now that we have had change because the
actors and the situation needed to be
changed, let us move forward to have
progress through a comprehensive economic
policy and programme that is intellectually,
strategically and philosophically based,” Mr.
Obasanjo said.
“It is easier to win an election than to right the
wrongs of a badly fouled situation. When you
are outside, what you see and know are
nothing compared with the reality.
“And yet once you are on seat, you have to
clear the mess and put the nation on the path
of rectitude, development and progress leaving
no group or section out of your plan,
programme and policy and efforts. The longer
it takes, the more intractable the problem may
become.”
Obasanjo also wondered why President
Buhari needed about $30billion loan to fix
the economy.
READ ALSO: Shame on you. Fani-Kayode
slams Sheriff, Ibrahim after Jegede’s Appeal
court victory
“I am sure that such a comprehensive policy
and programme (that will move Nigeria
forward) will not support borrowing US$30
billion in less than three years. It will give us
the short-, medium- and long-term picture.
“Adhocry is not the answer but cold, hard
headed planning that evinces confidence and
trust is the answer. Economy neither obeys
orders nor does it work according to wishes.
It must be worked upon with all factors
considered and most stakeholders involved.
“The investors, domestic and foreign, are no
fools and they know what is going on with the
management of the economy including the
foreign exchange and they are not amused.
The Central Bank must be restored to its
independence and integrity. We must be
careful and watchful of the danger of
shortermism.
“Short-term may be the enemy of medium- and
long-term. We must also make allowance for
the lessons that most of us in democratic
dispensation have learned and which the
present administration seems to be just
learning.”
The former president used to be a staunch
supporter of President Buhari but all that
seems to have changed.
Obasanjo also did not forget to mention that
the national assembly is a cesspool of
corruption that stinks to the high heavens.
This is not the first time he has come after
the federal lawmakers of the 8th assembly
who also do not have any love lost for him.
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