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Onanuga: In his latest critique of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, whom he pejoratively called ‘Baba Go Slow’ and President Bola Tinubu, who he tagged, ‘Emilokan’, Chief Obasanjo used the platform provided by Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum at Yale University to unfurl his latest treatise on leadership and public morality
By Valentine Amanze
The Presidency has lambasted Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying he is not an ideal leader to emulate.
The presidency was apparently responding to Obasanjo’s statement that blamed those who served after his tenure for the nation’s myriad challenges.
Bayo Onanuga, the Presidency’s spokesman, in a statement on November 18, 2024, accused the former president of casting aspersions on every subsequent administration.
His words: “Unfortunately, the former leader’s habit of casting aspersions on every subsequent administration has devolved into a recurring pastime, overshadowing the expectation of an elder statesman to join a constructive dialogue on attaining national progress.
“In his latest critique of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, whom he pejoratively called ‘Baba Go Slow’ and President Bola Tinubu, who he tagged ‘Emilokan’, Chief Obasanjo used the platform provided by Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum at Yale University to unfurl his latest treatise on leadership and public morality. He also used the forum to write off Nigeria as a failing country.”
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He accused Obasanjo of sponsoring brigandage during his tenure as president.
“In Anambra, the former president actively supported the abduction of a sitting governor, Dr Chris Ngige, by non-state actors led by Chris Uba, a younger brother of Obasanjo’s senior aide.
“In rejecting the 2004 national honour by the Obasanjo administration, Achebe declared: “Nigeria’s condition today under your watch is…too dangerous for silence. I must register my disappointment and protest by declining to accept the high honour awarded me in the 2004 honours list,”’ he said.
Onanuga, however, did not disclose the presidency’s efforts at rectifying the hardship and pains his leadership policies have caused Nigerians.
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