Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan has not been telling Nigerians the truth about the state of the country of the country.
According to Obasanjo, Nigeria has continued to sink deeper but that instead of saying the truth, the government has been telling Nigerians that the state of the economy buoyant.
“Nigerians are not being told the truth. The truth is that the economy is in doldrums, if not in reverse.”
The former President spoke today at a book Launch in honour of the pioneer chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), Mustapha Akanbi, in Abuja. Obasanjo was the chairman of the occasion.
The former Nigerian leader blamed corruption for the rot in the economy, adding that there is no sign that the government is ready to confront corruption head-on.
“When the head is rotten, the whole body is useless,” he stressed, even as he made it clear that Nigerian democracy is presently at risk of collapse due to the action of the present administration.
He warned President Jonathan to watch his back and stop encouraging ‘verbal violence which he said could degenerate into physical violence.’
Obasanjo said that the greatest indictment against any administration is to be seen trying to destroy opposition parties, adding that this attitude could destroy democracy.
“Management of democracy without resorting to brute force and dictatorial tendencies must be cultivated. As a leader, you must not deliberately do evil or condone evil. You should know that you will one day give account to God, you may cover up here, but before God, there is no cover up.” [myad]
