I wish to respond to the above subject matter published in The Nation newspaper of Thursday November 24, 2016, pages 6 and 47.The best friend is that courageous person who points out the shortcomings of others with a view of making amends in the interest of the generality. One of such persons is former Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, whom I interacted with during the Nigerian Civil War of 1967-70.
Thus far, I have not seen any positive response from those Obasanjo accused of impropriety that is contributory to our present hardship. Apart from name- calling, fagging him the ‘grandfather of corruption’, in truth, the issues raised by Obasanjo have not been addressed.
Much as Obasanjo cannot exempt himself from blames over our present economic imbriglio, well meaning Nigerians will appreciate that we have somebody blunt enough to point out mistakes of those in governance.
Experience, they say, is the best teacher. Obasanjo has seen the two sides of the coin in governance, military and civilian; hence, those in the present government should listen to his advice rather than castigate him.
The poor Nigerians who have suffered so much from past governments hope that President Muhammadu Buhari has a magic wand that would automatically ease their suffering, but,
