Sunday Dare, special adviser on public communication and orientation to president Bola Tinubu, has criticised former President Olusegun Obasanjo, over a recent comment against the Bola Tinubu administration.
Speaking at a leadership forum held at Yale University in
New Haven, Connecticut, USA, Obasanjo said Nigeria’s failing state status is
evident due to “widespread corruption, poor leadership, and immorality” under
Tinubu’s government.
He accused the political elite of engaging in “state
capture”, adding that they manipulate national policies and resources for
personal gains.
Responding to his criticism on Monday, Dare said Obasanjo
does not have the moral right to censure Tinubu’s government, adding that
“democracy suffered mortal wounds under his watch” as president.
“Former president Obasanjo is a man with a tremendous
capacity for mischief and Nigerians know it. His journey along the path of
hallucinations has never been in doubt. So is his descent into muddling facts,
forgetting that he ran a Presidency on record as the most corrupt. His recent
diatribe at Yale University lacks sincerity,” he posted on his X page.
“It is actually laughable that Obasanjo’s pretentiousness
about fighting corruption is not cutting any ice in the eyes of the general
public. We all know what happened under his watch and how, up till the present
moment, there has been no explanation as to how he wasted a whopping $16bn in
generating megawatts of darkness across the nation. But that is not even the
issue.
“Democracy suffered mortal wounds under his watch only
capped by his murderous rage for an ill-fated 3rd term. Successive
administrations struggled to clean up the mess Obasanjo left behind, which
President Tinubu is now making progress with. Obasanjo has lost any moral right
to condemn any government. He should apologise to Nigerians for not laying the
foundational infrastructure Nigeria needed to advance.
“The point here is that Obasanjo should take time off this
habit of pulling down leaders, especially his successors and try to interrogate
himself on how he has contributed to the parlous state of the Nigerian nation
which president Bola Ahmed Tinubu is now spiritedly battling to put back on the
track of development.
“We thank former president Obasanjo for agreeing that ‘Yes,
there is hope’. That’s the Renewed Hope Agenda president Tinubu is about and
it’s on track. We are happy to have that conversation with the former
president.”
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