Former President, Olusegun
Obasanjo, has jokingly blamed Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, for “all
the bad things” that happened to the country during his tenure between 1999 and 2007.
Obasanjo was speaking in Owerri,
at the graduation ceremony of students of Rochas Foundation.
He said the worst advice he got
while in office was from Okorocha, one of his then advisers.
“As you may all know, Rochas was
one of the advisers I had when I was president,” he said.
“All the bad things that happened
to this country under my presidency was advised by Rochas Okorocha,” he said.
Obasanjo however extolled the
qualities of the Governor, who he said never ceased to surprise him.
“He (Okorocha) has never stopped
to surprise me. He is a man of vision, of ideas. He is a thinking man. And when
he explained to me his ideas about education, what he has done, I was
marvelled. I doff my hat for you, Okorocha.
“Let me say this, the beginning
of the development for any country is education. And the extent that we take
education seriously, that is the extent that we take development seriously.
“Rochas is not just dealing with
education; he is dealing with education for the underprivileged in general.
Which means that if the poor and the underprivileged will rise above their
disadvantaged position, it is only through education.
“And with what I have seen today,
I have no regret at all to accept his offer for me to be part of this wonderful
programme and wonderful development agenda to our country and for our
continent,” he added.
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