OBJ spit fire to younger generation of leaders. While reviewing Nigeria’s history since independence, Baba said the country may have been cursed with poor and irresponsible leaders. In his keynote address at the 4th Annual Ibadan Sustainable Development Summit on Tuesday, said if Nigerians were yet to commend a leader after 53 years of independence, “Then we are jinxed and cursed; we should all go to hell.” He also condemned the younger generation of leaders for failing d nation woefully. “We had some people who were under 50years in leadership positions. One of them was James Ibori, where is he today? One of them was Alamieyeseigha, where is he today? Lucky Igbinedion, where is he today? “The youngest was the Speaker, (Salisu) Buhari; you can still recall what happened to him. You said Bola Tinubu is your master. What Buhari did was not anything worse than what Bola Tinubu did. We got them impeached. The man claimed he went to Government College, Ibadan but the governor (Oyo State) went to Government College and packed all the documents so that they would not know that he did not go there. I wanted someone who would succeed me so I took Atiku. Within a year, I learn Atiku is a thief. And you want me to get him there? I once went to Tanzania because Julius Nyerere recognised Biafra. He told me not to mind his aides and others in government. They would say they have one house in town but their five year old sons and daughters would have houses all over. Some of you who are condemning the leadership would get there tomorrow and it will be a different story. Only very few are actually good. Abacha, another thief stole $750m. Through our lawyer in Switzerland we recovered $1.25bn and the lawyer still said there is probably still another $1bn to be recovered. The whole thing is not just about leadership. If we talk about good leadership you should also talk about good followers. If you talk about human right you should also talk about human duties and obligations. It is sad that after 53years of independence we have no leader that we can commend. We have not raised question about the scenario where 35 people found it difficult to conduct credible election in this country, making reference to the election of the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum that has polarized Nigeria’s 36 state governors.*************************************************** D old man don talk but going to hell fire as he said is where I will not join dem going
Posted on: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 06:04:57 +0000
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