Former Abia governor, Orji Kalu,
on Thursday faulted ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter to President
Muhammadu Buhari criticising his poor handling of the economy and advising him
not to contest the 2019 presidential election.
Kalu told newsmen at the Murtala
Muhammed Airport 2, Lagos, that Obasanjo lacked the moral right to comment on
such national issues.
He noted that Buhari’s government
may be slow in taking critical decisions, but had done well in tackling
corruption, recalling high level of graft in the 16 years that the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) ruled Nigeria.
Kalu said Buhari had recorded
modest achievements in his two and half years tenure, which necessitates his
re-election.
The former governor listed the
commencement of work on the Second Niger Bridge and other interventions in the
economy as some of Buhari’s feats.
“I am not going to talk about
former President Obasanjo’s letter because I am going to make some
consultations with the United States, Germany, China and the United Kingdom,
then I will come back and speak on that letter.
“I think Obasanjo’s letter is not
in the best interest of Nigeria. I don’t want to reply him because I have given
you example times without number.
“There are three express roads
Obasanjo refused to build when he was the president of Nigeria; Port
Harcourt-Okigwe-Umuahia-Enugu expressway. It is being built now by the Buhari
administration.
“Another one is the
Enugu-Awka-Onitsha Expressway. It is being built now by the Buhari
administration. Obasanjo did not build it.
“Then there is the
Onitsha-Owerri-Aba Expressway. The Buhari administration is building it now.
“Between Obasanjo and Buhari who
should I call my friend in real terms? So Buhari is my friend; so he is a
better President.
“I don’t wish to reply that
letter because the former president has no morals that should qualify him to
write that letter,” he said.
According to Kalu, Nigerians have
also not forgotten the $16 billion wasted on building power plants by the
Obasanjo administration which yielded no result.
He said it would therefore be
unfair to the South East, South South and South Western parts of Nigeria not to
support the second term bid of Buhari.
He however advised Buhari to
speak on security issues in Nigeria because it was threatening the fabric of
socio-economic cohesion of the country.
Kalu said the challenge of
herdsmen/farmers clash was lingering in some states because their governors
lacked the capacity to handle the situation.
Because what you want to eat had made your brain dead and you can't identify between good and bad again. shame on you, typical Igbo man talk; until they kill your people finish.
ReplyDeletebut you did not mention the one that he built You only mention the one he did not built. hypocrite; Remember you are part of the 16 years of PDP rein full Flesh and body. how could you forget so soon, that you are the epitome of corruption by yourself. (My Brother Igbo kwenu!)
ReplyDeletePlease help us mention them because I cannot see any one myself. Though Buhari May be really slow but Obasanjo ehhhhh.
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