Fayose blasts Obasanjo

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has asked former
President Olusegun Obasanjo to stop making
provocative statements that could distract and
discourage Nigerians from fixing the economy.
The governor was reacting to a statement credited to
Obasanjo in which he said his generation had failed
the nation
Fayose, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary,
Idowu Adelusi, said Obasanjo’s sanctimonious self-
righteousness was misleading, self-serving and
discomfiting, and not what the country needed at this
time.
He advised Obasanjo to speak for himself rather than
making a generalised statement.
“There is much suffering in the land. The people are
hungry. Yet, one of those responsible for this
unsavoury state of affairs relishes in adding insult to
the people’s injury. He makes statements that are not
only reckless but also untrue.
“Obasanjo, truly, has failed this country many times
over but not all members of his generation failed this
country. There are shinning lights in that generation
that have served the nation well.
“How about Emeka Anyaoku, Wole Soyinka, Fela
Anikulapo-Kuti, Prof. Ayodele Awojobi? The list is
endless and they are to be found in all the nooks and
crannies of this country who belong in the same
generation as Obasanjo and who have done this
country proud,” he said.
Fayose, however, lamented that Obasanjo wasted all
the golden opportunities that he had to make this
country great, first as a military Head of State and
later as a two-term civilian president.
“It is too late in the day for him to now cry over other
countries that have passed Nigeria by. This is mere
crocodile tears when we realise that no other Nigerian
leader had the opportunities that Obasanjo had to
make this country great but he bungled them all.
“He should speak for himself and not rope his entire
generation into his misadventure in governance. Here
is a man who neither recognised nor encouraged any
star except himself. He must shoot them down or
disparage them.
“For him, Obafemi Awolowo was not patriotic; MKO
Abiola was not the messiah Nigeria needed; Tinubu
was a rascal; Jonathan was not good; and President
Muhammadu Buhari did not understand economics.
Only Obasanjo is good. Only Obasanjo fought and won
the civil war. Only Obasanjo understands everything –
from economics to military to foreign affairs.
“Yet, this is the same Obasanjo that laid the
foundation for corruption in this country with his ill-
fated third-term misadventure when billions of Naira
was used to bribe National Assembly members. This is
the same Obasanjo that turned EFCC under Nuhu
Ribadu into his private army to harass political
opponents.
“Under this same Obasanjo, eight civilian governors
were illegally and unceremoniously removed from office
through kangaroo impeachment. Minority members of
the Houses of Assembly were empowered to override
the majority members. Under Obasanjo, our elections
were “wuru-wuru” and “mago-mago” and we were the
laughing stock of the international community.
“This same Obasanjo, who came back from prison a
pauper, ask him how much he is worth today and how
he made the money? The launching of his Presidential
Library, which he is preparing to commission soon,
attracted donations that ran into billions of Naira while
he was in office. Only God knows how many more
billions the commissioning will garner this time
around.”


SOURCE... PUNCH