Jesusegun Alagbe
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.
