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Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by Truthsandtrusts: 7:17am On Aug 27
Morbeta11:

https://punchng.com/africas-poverty-not-an-act-of-god-obasanjo/





Yes is not the act of God but the Acts of you politicians and religious leaders
Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by babajero(m): 7:24am On Aug 27
madridguy:
Once they leave office, they suddenly turned to a motivational speaker. This is the same Obasanjo that cornered the FG farms during the operation feed the nation.

Under same man, 16 billion dollars budgeted for power suddenly grow wings and fly away.
Apc minion you have nothing to say against Obasanjo because he was the one that came to clean the mess made by your gods e.g. buhari, babangida and abacha unfortunately your god buhari came and destroy everything again, bringing in another of your god tinubu to finish it off.

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Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by madridguy(m): 7:27am On Aug 27
Clean mess by selling every national assets?

babajero:
Apc minion you have nothing to say against Obasanjo because he was the one that came to clean the mess made by your gods e.g. buhari, babangida and abacha unfortunately your god buhari came and destroy everything again, bringing in another of your god tinubu to finish it off.
Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by babajero(m): 7:30am On Aug 27
SEGLIZ:
yeah coming from one of those who set us in poverty motion.
you are bereft of what you are saying because Obasanjo is one of the people who have believed in Nigeria and its development and that is why you people call him "omo Igbo" because anyone who believes in development and advancement must be an Igboman according to you people.

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Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by babajero(m): 7:32am On Aug 27
Gbeng30:
Ofcause it's an act of criminals and wicked leaders like you and the rest, ... God will judge All of you
Obasanjo was never wicked. True wickedness and evil started with buhari and apc.
Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by HydraFeeds(m): 7:34am On Aug 27
Brendaniel:

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You had to insult the whole of west Africa just to justify the rubbish the leaders you support are doing power...

To prove that what you wrote is mostly filled with lies, how come the same west Africans travel to foreign countries even the world powers and outdo them performing excellently better than those that are citizens of those countries?

Is it education, music, tech and so on even on menial jobs?

Just look at the way you think, other countries are busy praising our prowess, thinking and working ability, here you are talking down on your own people just to justify nonsense leadership supported by people like you..

People like you are the ones joining to keep Africa the way it is, when you will see the truth and support lies and evil

So leaders are not gotten from the people ?

A few exceptional emigrants doesn’t justify the collective local reality. Moreover ,there are exceptional people that stay in Nigeria that are doing great and also several emigrants that are doing bad .

If you have alternative data to west Africa IQ ,bring it out .

It’s fools like you that worship foreigners. I’m all for the improvement of my country Nigeria .


You want to say Atiku is smart because he’s a VP or Obi that failed his WAEC and had poor performance studying “just” philosophy or Tinubu that’s embellished with different scandals ? Are they all not from the citizens ?
Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by press9jatv: 7:35am On Aug 27
So the poverty in Africa is an act of the devil and its agents. Nawaoooo. May Almighty God deliver us from them
Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by anonimi: 7:36am On Aug 27
STEWpid:

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It is not a news, Baba Agba,,

Only those with condensed brain will say it is an act of GOD because they've been badly brainwashed to think less-a-human!


Does Obasanjo also have a condensed brain for saying that economy does not matter after tearing his capitalist PDP card and being offered APC navigator post by Tinubu on his way to making Buhari president

jeff1993:
Baba please tell them ooooo .... esp those Useless Nurthern polithiefcians that like to use religion to deceive their fellow Fuulish gullible idiaaats.

Baba Iyabo should tell himself first and stop deceiving gullible Nigerians like you with his fake holy holy stories.
Did he want poverty for us when he endorsed Buhjari despite his cluelessness in economic management, bragging about his personal poverty of sterile 150 cows, no property, no business and borrowing to buy his 2015 APC nomination form?

citizenisb:
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says President Muhammadu Buhari may not do well in economy and foreign affairs, except in military matters.

“Buhari is not a very hot person on the economy and foreign affairs,” Obasanjo said.

The former President stated this on Monday at the third International Conference on African Development Issues — themed, “Driving inclusive and sustainable development in Africa: Models, methods and policies” — organised by Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State.

While reacting to a question posed to him by a member of the audience: “Is there any hope for Nigeria under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari?”, Obasanjo replied, “Is there any hope for Nigeria under this administration? I came back from Geneva, Switzerland a few days ago to attend a conference titled, ‘Are elections giving democracy a bad name?’ We had an election, we elected a leader and the good thing about democracy is that the power you have to elect a leader is also the power you have to remove him. I am saying this because I said earlier that if you don’t see any leader that has done well in the 56 years of Nigeria’s independence, then let us forget about Nigeria.

“I will tell you what I know and I will tell you what I don’t know. I know Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. He served under me in the military. His characteristics that I know, his behaviour that I know, he has not deviated from them. He was never a perfect man, he is not a perfect man and no leader can ever be a perfect man because they are human beings. But if you read my book, what I said about him is correct. He is not a hot person when it comes to economy. He is not a very hot person when it comes to foreign affairs. But he will do well in matters of military and he will do well in fighting Boko Haram.”


http://www.punchng.com/buhari-not-sound-economy-foreign-affairs-obasanjo/

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Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by forerunner022(m): 7:38am On Aug 27
Obasanjo will always have my respect anytime, any day.
Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by anonimi: 7:39am On Aug 27
madridguy:
Once they leave office, they suddenly turned to a motivational speaker. This is the same Obasanjo that cornered the FG farms during the operation feed the nation.

Under same man, 16 billion dollars budgeted for power suddenly grow wings and fly away.

Are you a BuhariDeen changed to BATist who spreads rumours, propaganda and lies?
Where is the successful prosecution of Obasanjo for the 16 billion dollars?
Was Buhari not packaged by Tinubu as the corruption fighter despite his Abacha links

Emergingnation:
Flashback: How Bola Tinubu spoke highly of Buhari in 2015, named PDP ‘Poverty Development Party

National leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu had during the presidential campaign in 2015, referred to President Muhammadu Buhari as the only solution for the security and economic challenges facing Nigeria.

During a mega presidential rally, the former governor of Lagos State recalled how some powerful nations in the world returned to army generals when they were challenged, saying “Major General Buhari would revive Nigeria’s economy”.

He named the current opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP as the “Poverty Development Party saying they had nothing to offer.

His words at the time were; “Every nation has a period of their own challenges, when America was challenged, they turned to one great man, their ex-military general, General Eisenhower. When the French were challenged, they turned to their general, Charles de Gaulle.

“When Britain was challenged, they turned to their general. Today, Nigeria is economically and physically challenged so we turn to General Muhammadu Buhari. He is the right man for the job. If you talk about military experience, he has it abundantly, he has courage, simplicity, he has it abundantly.

“If you talk about great determination, a combination of vision and ability to perform, honesty and integrity, he has it abundantly.

“I laugh when the incapable government, ‘Poverty Development Party’ PDP were talking. They have nothing again to say, they now want to question the qualifications of General Buhari and look for his certificate”.

Following the manifestos in 2015 which projected the APC presidential candidate as a ‘saviour’, Buhari defeated the then incumbent president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan with Nigerians expecting a total change in security and economy.

https://dailypost.ng/2021/09/01/flashback-how-bola-tinubu-spoke-highly-of-buhari-in-2015-named-pdp-poverty-development-party/

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Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by Brendaniel: 7:41am On Aug 27
HydraFeeds:


So leaders are not gotten from the people ?

A few exceptional emigrants doesn’t justify the collective local reality. Moreover ,there are exceptional people that stay in Nigeria that are doing great and also several emigrants that are doing bad .


It is because of people like you who join the few wicked leaders in cheating the rest of the people to get power.. Most of them are not voted by majority of the people.

Not a few exceptional immigrants, we are talking about a whole lot of people, I can show you videos of other countries praising Nigerians, in Africa alone which country dominates the music industry, movies industry and so on I mean on a global scale?

Just call a spade a spade, for you to even try to justify the kind of leadership we have here speaks volume on the kind of person you are...

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Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by ecomalchemistt(m): 7:41am On Aug 27
Man made
Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by anonimi: 7:41am On Aug 27
forerunner022:
Obasanjo will always have my respect anytime, any day.

Are you also a corrupt rogue dictator like him?
Or what will make a corrupt rogue have your respect

hisexcellency34:
LAGOS – Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has revealed that he was offered the sum of N100 million during the 5th national assembly in order to support a Third Term agenda for the former president, Olusegun Obasanjo.


He stated this in his book ‘MR SPEAKER: The legislative life, service, and resilience of Femi Gbajabiamila’ written by Charles Omole and Musa Krishi and forwarded by Chief Emeka Anyaoku, former Commonwealth Secretary-General.


In a copy sighted by DAILY INDEPENDENT, Gbajabiamila said while other lawmakers were offered N50m to support an amendment to the constitution that will accommodate the Third term agenda, he was offered N100m which he rejected.

Asked about his best moments as a lawmaker, Gbajabiamila was unequivocal in his choice. He was unapologetic about the role he played in killing the Third Term Agenda. “My best moment as a lawmaker? The death of Third Term”, he said repeatedly to drive home his point.

He continued “The day it was pronounced dead, because like I told you, we had sleepless nights. We were meeting; we got a place in Asokoro, hidden somewhere. We’d start our meetings sometimes at 11 at night and leave there at 4 am in the morning. Can’t remember how many of us. It was a risk to life. It was a risk to life".

“So, the day it was pronounced dead, was a happy day; it was a relief to me. I was a free man. Look, I was offered inducement, at that time, by one of the major proponents of Third Term, I think at this point, I wouldn’t mention his name, but a major player in this country.

“Whilst they were offering members N50 million, I was offered double. An N100m at that time, and you know what N100m was, which, of course, I turned down. I say that just for you to understand the pressure: financial, mental, and physical pressure. We had no other job in the House except Third Term, the constitutional amendment”.

“So, for me, unfortunately as noble as that work was, the best time was the day it died, not the Third Term itself, but the day it was killed on the floor” Gbajabiamila recollected with some relief.

https://independent.ng/i-was-offered-n100m-to-support-third-term-agenda-gbajabiamila/

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Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by babajero(m): 7:42am On Aug 27
madridguy:
Clean mess by selling every national assets?

It is called privatization, but why is it evil under Obasanjo but noteworthy under buhari and tinubu? And mind you Obasanjo sold and paid off Nigerian debts, but buhari and tinubu did same while plunging Nigerian unborn generations into debts that Will take tens of decades to pay.

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Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by anonimi: 7:44am On Aug 27
HydraFeeds:
So leaders are not gotten from the people ?

A few exceptional emigrants doesn’t justify the collective local reality. Moreover ,there are exceptional people that stay in Nigeria that are doing great and also several emigrants that are doing bad .

If you have alternative data to west Africa IQ ,bring it out .

It’s fools like you that worship foreigners. I’m all for the improvement of my country Nigeria .


You want to say Atiku is smart because he’s a VP or Obi that failed his WAEC and had poor performance studying “just” philosophy or Tinubu that’s embellished with different scandals ? Are they all not from the citizens ?

Don't leaders have a GREATER responsibility than the citizens from whom they receive so much pay & privileges?
What do you gain from making yourself an unquestioning & loyal slave to the leaders

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Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by CodeTemplarr: 7:46am On Aug 27
“Structural adjustment was the idea of the World Bank. However, I disagreed because we lacked the structure. What exactly were we adjusting? They were simply deceiving us.”
Structural adjustment is still needed today. Why is Zamfara and Osun mining gold to smuggle to middle east today while ND oil has been oversubscribed?
Structure OBj is talking about clearly isnt the one that makes Kano spend billion in March 2024 to stone a spirit and then in August, start sending pictures of dilapidated school buildings to the media in a bid to attract foreign funding.
It is same structure that makes bandits get ignored by security forces because they feel they are cancelling out what militants did in the ND to get amnesty.
Baba needs to be explained to properly.
Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by anonimi: 7:46am On Aug 27
madridguy:
Clean mess by selling every national assets?

Why are you such a chronic and unrepentant liar?
Where is your list of EVERY national asset sold by Obasanjo

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Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by forerunner022(m): 7:52am On Aug 27
anonimi:


Are you also a corrupt rogue dictator like him?
Or what will make a corrupt rogue have your respect

In your dementia like Femi Gbajabiamila the corrupt rogue dictator like you, who is aiding the present corrupt rogue dictator administration as an Chief of staff to loot and suppress any dissenting voice, you think you can bring up a third agenda which did not see the light of the day and which I didn't support. I'm talking about present OBJ especially in his speech in Kenya Festac event , you are bringing up one past rubbish matter. Is OBJ roguish dictatorship not better than Buhari and present Tinubu where poverty is now a stark reality? Abeg shift from my mention this morning with your dementia
Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by tonesky(m): 7:55am On Aug 27
Always on point. Obasanjo is undoubtedly the only president Nigeria has had since this Republic started in 1999. Yaradua would have been better but for untimely death. May His continue to rest in peace.

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Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by HydraFeeds(m): 7:56am On Aug 27
anonimi:


Don't leaders have a GREATER responsibility than the citizens from whom they receive so much pay & privileges?
What do you gain from making yourself an unquestioning & loyal slave to the leaders

You’re the slave waiting for your masters (politicians) to deliver you .

Successful people or countries don’t wait for others ,politicians countries to do something for them .

They look for what to do for others and their countries .

Leaders have higher responsibility but the best (in whatever form ) always become the leader . If you think you can do better than the leader chosen out of the pack ,come out and contest .
Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by anonimi: 7:57am On Aug 27
forerunner022:
In your dementia like Femi Gbajabiamila the corrupt rogue dictator like you, who is aiding the present corrupt rogue dictator administration as an Chief of staff to loot and suppress any dissenting voice, you think you can bring up a third agenda which did not see the light of the day and which I didn't support. I'm talking about present OBJ especially in his speech in Kenya Festac event , you are bringing up one past rubbish matter. Is OBJ roguish dictatorship not better than Buhari and present Tinubu where poverty is now a stark reality? Abeg shift from my mention this morning with your dementia

Your dementia is reinforced by your wish to perish from lack of knowledge and history.
Enjoy your blissful ignorance.

sage:
http://www.leadershipnigeria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28:the-vague-future-of-nigeria&catid=28:friday-column&Itemid=56


Lord Lugard, the former governor-general of Nigeria, in 1926, wrote his unfiltered thought about Nigerians. From his book, The Dual Mandates, come these excerpts: "In character and temperament, the typical African of this race-type is a happy, thriftless, excitable person, lacking in self-control, discipline, and foresight. Naturally courageous, and naturally courteous and polite, full of personal vanity, with little sense of veracity, fond of music and loving weapons as an oriental loves jewellery. His thoughts are concentrated on the events and feelings of the moment, and he suffers little from the apprehension for the future or grief for the past. His mind is far nearer to the animal world than that of the European or Asiatic, and exhibits something of the animals' placidity and want of desire to rise beyond the state he has reached.

"Through the ages, the African appears to have evolved no organised religious creed, and though some tribes appear to believe in a deity, the religious sense seldom rises above pantheistic animalism and seems more often to take the form of a vague dread of the supernatural. He lacks the power of organisation, and is conspicuously deficient in the management and control alike of men or business. He loves the display of power, but fails to realize its responsibility - he will work hard with a less incentive than most races. He has the courage of the fighting animal, an instinct rather than a moral virtue. In brief, the virtues and defects of his race -type are those of attractive children, whose confidence when it is won is given ungrudgingly as to an older and wiser superior and without envy. Perhaps, the two traits which have impressed me as those most characteristic of the African native are his lack of apprehension and his lack of ability to visualize the future"


Guys lets discuss the thoughts of Lord Lugard. he had  a supremacist view obviously. But is he right in the way he describes Nigerians and Africans in general? How many of the issues that he raises are valid?

Letz get some responses

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Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by samfrancis1(m): 7:58am On Aug 27
MMempire:
Last set of Nigeria's elite standing.
He was actually one of those who sold us, how come he's just saying this now after many years.. I guess Baba is realizing something.

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Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by anonimi: 7:59am On Aug 27
HydraFeeds:
You’re the slave waiting for your masters (politicians) to deliver you .

Successful people or countries don’t wait for others ,politicians countries to do something for them .

They look for what to do for others and their countries .

Leaders have higher responsibility but the best (in whatever form ) always become the leader . If you think you can do better than the leader chose. Out of the pack ,come out and contest .

Did MLK come out to contest before getting American leaders-president and lawmakers-to pass the Civil Rights Act that makes it possible for mentally enslaved blacks like you to japa there in peace?

Politicians have a job and earn big pays and priviledges for it. What do you have against them doing their jobs

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Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by HydraFeeds(m): 8:03am On Aug 27
Brendaniel:


It is because of people like you who join the few wicked leaders in cheating the rest of the people to get power.. Most of them are not voted by majority of the people.

Not a few exceptional immigrants, we are talking about a whole lot of people, I can show you videos of other countries praising Nigerians, in Africa alone which country dominates the music industry, movies industry and so on I mean on a global scale?

Just call a spade a spade, for you to even try to justify the kind of leadership we have here speaks volume on the kind of person you are...

Don’t be ridiculous,how many Nigerians tech companies are top 50 in the world ?

How many Nigerians are in top 50 Forbes list ?

How many Nigeria politicians are top 50 politicians in the world ?

How many local manufacturing companies do we have let alone being among top 50 brands in the world ?

What of musicians ,footballers ,scientists,academicians etc ?

Because you’re a one eyed king in your village doesn’t make you king of the world !

You better don’t deceive yourself and get back to drawing board .

Mention one leader in Nigeria that’s not wicked .

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Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by Riskymarvelous(m): 8:06am On Aug 27
Is the act of bad leaders and bad president only people wey get sense know not senseless people like Reno omokirikiridiot and yarimodiot
Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by HydraFeeds(m): 8:08am On Aug 27
anonimi:


Did MLK come out to contest before getting American leaders-president and lawmakers-to pass the Civil Rights Act that makes it possible for mentally enslaved blacks like you to japa there in peace?

Politicians have a job and earn big pays and priviledges for it. What do you have against them doing their jobs

Because MLK didn’t contest doesn’t make him a follower,he’s a leader on his own right .

You can lead in any field,if you think you can do better than the standard we are maintaining,come out with your own standard .

Unlike you ,I don’t believe in japa . I only believe people like you are lazy that only blame leaders for their failures instead of going out there to work and if there’s no work ,create one .
Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by anonimi: 8:08am On Aug 27
samfrancis1:
He was actually one of those who sold us, how come he's just saying this now after many years.. I guess Baba is realizing something.

Obasanjo is not realising anything beyond his desire to be relevant in MISLEADING us into greater poverty with his endorsement of Buhari and Obi that made Tinubu's presidency possible.

Baba Iyabo is exactly what his daughter described him as:

Source: Vanguard Newspaper

It brings me no joy to have to write this but since you started this trend of open letters I thought I would follow suit since you don’t listen to anyone anyway. The only way to reach you may be to make the public aware of some things. As a child well brought up by my long-suffering mother in Yoruba tradition, I have been reluctant to tell the truth about you but as it seems you still continue to delude yourself about the kind of person you are and I think for posterity’s sake it is time to set the records straight.

I will return to the issue of my long-suffering mother later in this letter.

Like most Nigerians, I believe there are very enormous issues currently plaguing the country but I was surely surprised that you will be the one to publish such a treatise. I remember clearly as if it was yesterday the day I came over to Abuja from Abeokuta when I was Commissioner of Health in Ogun State, specifically to ask you not to continue to pursue the third term issue.

I had tried to bring it up when your sycophantic aides were present and they brushed my comments aside and as usual you listened to their self-serving counsel. For you to accuse someone else of what you so obviously practiced yourself tells of your narcissistic megalomaniac personality. Everyone around for even a few minutes knows that the only thing you respond to is praise and worship of you. People have learnt how to manipulate you by giving you what you crave. The only ones that can’t and will not stroke your ego are family members who you universally treat like shit (sic) apart from the few who have learned to manipulate you like others.

Before I continue, Nigerians are people who see conspiracy and self-service in everything because I think they believe everyone is like them. This letter is not in support of President Jonathan or APC or any other group or person, but an outpouring from my soul to God. I don’t blame you for[b] the many atrocities you have been able to get away with, Nigerians were your enablers every step of the way. People ultimately get leaders that reflect them.[/b]

Getting back to the story, I made sure your aides were not around and brought up the issue, trying to deliver the presentation of the issue as I had practiced it in my head. I started with the fact that we copied the US constitution which has term limits of two terms for a President. As is your usual manner, you didn’t allow me to finish my thought process and listen to my point of view. Once I broached the subject you sat up and said that the US had no term limits in the past but that it had been introduced in the 1940s after the death of President Roosevelt, which is true.
I wanted to say to you: when you copy something you also copy the modifications based on the learning from the original; only a fool starts from scratch and does not base his decisions on the learning of others. In science, we use the modifications found by others long ago to the most recent, as the basis of new findings; not going back to discover and learn what others have learnt. Human knowledge and development and civilization will not have progressed if each new generation and society did not build on the knowledge of others before them.

The American constitution itself is based on several theories and philosophies of governance available in the 18th century. Democracy itself is a governance method started by the ancient Greeks. America’s founding fathers used it with modifications based on what hadn’t worked well for the ancient Greeks and on new theories since then.

As usual in our conversations, I kept quiet because I know you well. You weren’t going to change your mind based on my intervention as you had already made up your mind on the persuasion of the minions working for you who were ripping the country blind. When I spoke to you, your outward attitude to the people of the country was that you were not interested in the third term and that it was others pushing it. Your statement to me that day proved to me that you were the brain behind the third term debacle. It is therefore outrageous that you accuse the current President of a similar two-facedness that you yourself used against the people of the country.

I was on a plane trip between Abuja and Lagos around the time of the third term issue and I sat next to one of your sycophants on the plane. He told me: “Only Obasanjo can rule Nigeria”. I replied: “God has not created a country where only one person can rule. If only one person can rule Nigeria then the whole Nigeria project is not a viable one, as it will be a non-sustainable project”

I don’t know how you came about Yar’Adua as the candidate for your party as it was not my priority or job. Unlike you, I focus on the issues I have been given responsibility over and not on the jobs of others. It was the day of the PDP Presidential Campaign in Abeokuta during the state-by-state tour of 2007 that Yar’Adua got sick and had to be flown abroad. The MKO Abiola Stadium was already filled with people by 9am when I drove by (and) we had told people based on the campaign schedule that the rally would start at noon.

At 11 am I headed for the stadium on foot; it was a short walk as there were so many cars already parked in and out. As I walked on with two other people, we saw crowds of people leaving the stadium. I recognized some of them as politicians and I asked them why people were leaving. They said the Presidential candidate had died. I was alarmed and shocked. I walked back home and received a call from a friend in Lagos who said the same and added that he had died in the plane carrying him abroad for treatment and that the plane was on its way to Katsina to bury him.

I called you, and told you the information and that the stadium was already half-empty. You told me to go to the stadium and tell the people on the podium to announce that the Presidential candidate had taken ill that morning but the rest of the team, including you and the Vice-Presidential candidate would arrive shortly. I did as I was told, but even the people on the podium at first didn’t make the announcement because they thought it was true that Yar’Adua had died. I had to take the microphone and make the announcement myself. It did little good. People kept trooping out of the stadium. Your team didn’t arrive until 4pm and by this time we had just a sprinkling of people left.

That evening after the disaster of a rally, you said you had insisted that the Presidential candidate fly to Germany for a check-up although you said he only had a cold. I asked why would anyone fly to Germany to treat a cold? And you said “I would rather die than have the man die at this time.” I thought of this profound statement as things later unfolded against me. Then I thought it a stupid statement but as usual I kept quiet, little did I know how your machinations for a person would be used against me. When Yar’Adua eventually died, you stayed alive, I would have expected you to jump into his grave.

I left Nigeria in 1989 right after youth service to study in the US and I visited in 1994 for a week and didn’t visit again until your inauguration in 1999. In between, you had been arrested by Abacha and jailed. We, your children, had no one who stood with us. Stella famously went around collecting money on your behalf but we had no one. We survived. I was the only one of the children working then as a post-doctoral fellow when I got the call from a friend informing me of your arrest.

A week before your arrest, you had called me from Denmark and I had told you that you should be careful that the government was very offended by some of your statements and actions and may be planning to arrest or kill you as was occurring to many at the time. The source of my information was my mother who, agitated, had called me, saying I should warn you as this was the rumour in the country. As usual you brushed aside my comments, shouting on the phone that they cannot try anything and you will do and say as you please. The consequence of your bravado is history.

We, your family, have borne the brunt of your direct cruelty and also suffered the consequences of your stupidity but got none of the benefits of your successes. Of course, anyone around you knows how little respect you have for your children.

You think our existence on earth is about you. By the way, how many are we? 19, 20, 21? Do you even know? In the last five years, how many of these children have you spoken to? How many grandchildren do you have and when did you last see each of them? As President you would listen to advice of people that never finished high school who would say anything to keep having access to you so as to make money over your children who loved you and genuinely wished you well.

At your first inauguration in 1999, I and my brothers and sisters told you we were coming from the US. As is usual with you, you made no arrangements for our trip, instead our mom organized to meet each of us and provided accommodation. At the actual swearing-in at Eagle Square, the others decided to watch it on TV. Instead I went to the square and I was pushed and tossed by the crowd.

I managed to get in front of the crowd where I waved and shouted at you as you and General Abdulsalam Abubakar walked past to go back to the VIP seating area. I saw you mouth ‘my daughter’ to General Abdullahi who was the one who pulled me out of the crowd and gave me a seat. As I looked around I saw Stella and Stella’s family prominently seated but none of your children. I am sure General Abdullahi would remember this incident and I am eternally grateful to him.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/iyabo-obasanjo-writes-father-says-dear-daddy-dont-nigeria/

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Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by Brendaniel: 8:09am On Aug 27
HydraFeeds:


Don’t be ridiculous,how many Nigerians tech companies are top 50 in the world ?

How many Nigerians are in top 50 Forbes list ?

How many Nigeria politicians are to 50 politicians in the world ?

How many local manufacturing companies do we have let alone being among top 50 brands in the world ?

What of musicians ,footballers ,scientists,academicians etc ?

Because you’re a one eyed king in your village doesn’t make you king of the world !

You better don’t deceive yourself and get back to drawing board .

The question you should be asking is has any Nigerian tech company gotten the needed support from the government tech companies that rank top in the world gotten from their own government and still we still have tech companies still making waves internationally and breaking barriers even without such support like and Flutterwave and co...

It is still boils down to bad governance, all the questions you asked about other industries, what support has the Nigerian government given to all those industries like how the foreign ones in the top have gotten?

You people just talk anyhow to defend nonsense, even without the support Nigerians are still breaking barriers which you should even commend, has Nigerian government even povided enough power for industries here like those countries, this is just even one of the numerous isssues, I'm not even talking about financial support and programs...

Look at how you reason...

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Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by anonimi: 8:10am On Aug 27
HydraFeeds:
Because MLK didn’t contest doesn’t make him a follower,he’s a leader on his own right .

You can lead in any field,if you think you can do better than the standard we are maintaining,come out with your own standard .

Unlike you ,I don’t believe in japa . I only believe people like you are lazy that only blame leaders for their failures instead of going out there to work and if there’s no work ,create one .

If you are half as smart as you make out to be, won't you realise that my comments are my own standard of governance?
Why are you so empty yet making so much noise like a barrel

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Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by HellVictorinho8(m): 8:13am On Aug 27
HydraFeeds:
According to regional IQ rating ,West Africa has the lowest IQ in the world , following by other African countries.

If we look back,our forefathers didn't have magnificent structure (except maybe Sudanese and Egyptian pyramids) that can rival other continents historical achievements,whether in technologies , agriculture, warfare ,civil development or education. Which means it's been long we have problems in Africa ,only failures blame colonisers for their woes .

The only solution to poverty and low standard of living is to work . Work harder ,work smarter .


So dis b@stard cant rate himself again
Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by forerunner022(m): 8:15am On Aug 27
anonimi:


Your dementia is reinforced by your wish to perish from lack of knowledge and history.
Enjoy your blissful ignorance.

Hahaha 🤣😂. You that is full of knowledge and vast in history; where has it taken you to? Educated fool!
Re: Africa’s Poverty Not An Act Of God — Obasanjo by HydraFeeds(m): 8:16am On Aug 27
Brendaniel:


The question you should be asking is has any Nigerian tech company gotten the needed support from the government tech companies that rank top in the world gotten from their own government and still we still have tech companies still making waves internationally and breaking barriers even without such support like and Flutterwave and co...

It is still boils down to bad governance, all the questions you asked about other industries, what support has the Nigerian government given to all those industries like how the foreign ones in the top have gotten?

You people just talk anyhow to defend nonsense, even without the support Nigerians are still breaking barriers which you should even commend...

Look at how you reason...
Mr man ,which support did FB,Tesla,X,Microsoft and other big companies got from their government?

Are we not in the same world when news broke yesterday that Telegram founder was arrested in France despite fleeing Russia for attack from government,X fighting EU for censorship and Zuck coming out yesterday that he regretted working with US government for censorship?

Are we not in the same world that US government broke Rockefeller standard oil to pieces and now want to break google ?

Nigerian companies are trying but my point is ,which of them can become global brand ?

It’s only failures that blames others and bad governments for his failures ,also ,bad governments is the failures of our ancestors .

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