Nigeria's former Minister for Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, on an interview with Aljazeera said that the Olusegun Obasanjo's administration in which she served was not as corrupt as the Sani Abacha's regime.

Ezekwesili who was also a former World Bank Vice President for Africa made this statement while speaking to Al Jazeera English.

Questioned by Head to Head host, Mehdi Hasan about endemic corruption in Nigeria, Oby said her country has a “political class problem,” but refused to condemn her former boss and mentor President Olusegun Obasanjo, who ruled between 1999 and 2007.

Under pressure by Hasan, she conceded Obasanjo was “aware of the elements of corruption, and it was his responsibility to tackle” them, but categorically denied he was corrupt himself. “Of course it [the government] was [corrupt]! [But] There was no way it could have been more corrupt than the government of Abacha,” she said, referring to the military dictatorship of Sani Abacha that preceded Obasanjo’s rule.

Oby lamented that the government she was part of was not able to “succeed fully” in tackling corruption, and defended her own track record, saying she had not been “window dressing” for a corrupt regime and insisting - despite holding two ministerial positions in the Nigerian government, being an advisor to presidents and holding high office at the World Bank – that she was not a politician.

Ezekwesili also told Aljazeera that Nigerian armed forces have committed human rights abuses in their fight against the violent group Boko Haram in the north of the country. “It clearly does have instances where human rights violations have happened,” she says.

Ezekwesili's full interview will be aired in a new episode of Head to Head, come 1 May 2015 at 20.00 GMT on Al Jazeera English.

Source:http://www.naijaonlinegists.com/2015/04/obasanjo-is-not-as-corrupt-as-abacha.html

Who ask you ?

Because he is your boyfriend

keep shut! Ur opinion isn't needed.

Great

did she suck obasanjos banana .



the news reaching to us alleges that he will return $ 200 ,000,000 / two hundred million dollars .



this is not agege bread change ooooo

Either you carry textbook, notebook, sheet of paper or you write am for handkerchief, cheating na cheating.

Abasha is not currupt coz he only steals. And you know? Stealing is not curruption.

This Woman is a big time Old fool

Madam Due Process To Stupidom.

With her mouth like kpomo

She said.

[size=18] Obasanjo is corrupt [/size]

Sai baba !!!

And he was busy wielding EFCC to hunt political enemies..

No matter what you do, blood is thicker than water. I've said it earlier on this forum.that Obasanjo is the real father of Oby Ezekwesili. No wonder he named her Oby. Check out the pics of Obasanjo, Oby and iyabo, they all looked alike.

obasanjo retired oil minister and president



all in one package .



obj live in the cage is your destiny . remember scorpion abacha .



obj you are a rouge .you too big head woman .

Abacha take first, obj second,shagari third

Naughtysite:
Who ask you ?

Am sure if abacha is still living she wouldn't have said this. Anyway,she just posited that obasanjo is corrupt. Corruption does not have a benchmark to know who is more corrupt. They are both corrupt.

Na ur boifrnd na, wetin u fink sae we go expect b4

I think this woman sometimes talks too much and one way to shut talkertives is give them the job to do, step aside and watch them give you drums of excuses why they failed.

Oby has no justiciable reason to defend OBJ.

i have not forgotten that OBJ promised us Education for all by 2010.

promised power and we know what happened.

OBJ was Nigeria's minister for petroleum for 8 solid years.

If we dig that 8 years, Oby will bury her face in shame.

Can anybody remeber OBY's tangible legacy in the ministries she once headed.

She will be coming in as a minister for the 3rd time and the spotlight will be higher now.

If you have ever travelled out of this country and return, you will stone every man/woman who has held public office.

GEJ OUR NEXT UN SEC GEN! HOW IT WILL HAPPEN I DO NOT KNOW. BUT WILL IT HAPPEN? YES IT WILL.

Madam was actually in romantic mood with obasanjo, infact if obasanjo attacK Gej today Oby will echo same thing tommorow just the same way, ask me why? because they share this below in common;

foolish woman, with her smelling tata when obasanjo don shit put

Yasher:
gej take1st,Abacha take 2nd,obj 3rd,shagari 4th,

fixed

Oby, your boss Buhari disagrees with you.

Naughtysite:
Who ask you ?

oby is one of Nigeria‘s secret enemy.

How did she know that the military has committed human right abuse? Is she a soldier or does she live in North East?

I hate This Old Official Prostitute

Nawaoo! Guys dey vex! Na so una hate this woman reach?

Naughtysite:
Who ask you ?

mehdi hassan of aljazeera, the host of head-to-head.

NCOIM:
This Woman is a big time Old fool

Madam Due Process To Stupidom.

With her mouth like kpomo

Sorry but you are clearly the big time young f00l for calling someone else a f00l for no reason.

Chigold101:
oby is one of Nigeria‘s secret enemy.

How did she know that the military has committed human right abuse? Is she a soldier or does she live in North East?

What sort of silly question is this?... Are you aware there were mobile phone videos circulating on Youtube to this effect?

The Nigerian Army has carried out human rights abuses in every single crises spot where they were sent to enforce peace; remember Odi massacre, Odioma, Benue, Warri etc. Very soon you will play dumb about the way soldiers brutalise civilians on our streets everyday, or maybe someone who claims to be educated will soon claim he/she doesn't know the meaning of human rights abuse?... With what we all know about the antecedents of our armed forces (military, police, lastma, civil defence etc.), why do you think the Nigerian Army suddenly became saints in the north east?

Contrary to your claim, you and your type are the biggest enemies of Nigerian civilisation.

ozoigbondu:
Because he is your boyfriend

he's actually her father.

obailala:

Sorry but you are clearly the big time young f00l for calling someone else a f00l for no reason.

Don't pollute this thread with your high handed Stupidity

obailala:

Sorry but you are clearly the big time young f00l for calling someone else a f00l for no reason.

Obailala where have you been? Nigerians have been ra.ping your aunt since o! Thank God you are here now.

@topic, Oby deserves every invective poured on her here. This is because when she came with the Bbog struggle, we threw our weights behind her not knowing that she was just acting a script from the enemies of state. We thought she was genuine until the Oyegun himself told the world on national TV, that Bbog was an arm of Apc and not a pressure group for good governance.

This woman should be careful cos saint buhari has told us severally that abacha is not corrupt