Pan-Yoruba association, Afenifere Renewal Group, has said former President Olusegun Obasanjo created some of the challenges bedeviling the country.
In an electronic mail to newsmen, the group’s Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kunle Famoriyo, said though the ex-president shared the blame, the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan was responsible for the extent of insecurity, economic crisis and corruption in the country.
He said, “With the security of the country at the lowest abysmal region and unbridled corruption eating daily into the fabric of our society, you can smell nepotism all over the place.
“The reign of impunity and terror can be found in President Jonathan’s administration. Even as former President Olusegun Obasanjo created part of the problems confronting Nigeria today, his reign cannot be compared with the clueless Jonathan administration that some people are trying to market to us in Yorubaland.
“We are no fools. President Jonathan has been able to run Nigeria aground economically; he should not be painted as a performing president.”
Jonathan, two weeks ago, had visited the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State for a summit of Yoruba leaders convened by a Peoples Democratic Party chieftain, Mr. Olabode George.
As a result of the President’s visit, students of the institution had reportedly protested the alleged interruption of their examination, claiming Jonathan’s presence subjected them to unfavourable conditions, as commercial buses were not allowed to convey them to the campus by security agents.
Famoriyo claimed that Jonathan could not be regarded as an advocate of Yoruba advancement and development, adding that those who “stage-managed the Jonathan endorsement” in Ile-Ife had never been known to be in the vanguard of Yoruba developmental struggle.
“Were Gen. Alani Akinrinade and Mr. Wale Oshun at the Ife Summit? The translation of democracy for us in Yorubaland is a struggle for development. We know the political tendency that cares for our advancement.
“We know the people who still have the milk of humanity flowing in them and whose body language empathises with the people. Jonathan should ride his bicycle to somewhere else in Bayelsa State,” Famoriyo said.
According to the Afenifere spokesperson, the fact that there is no clear-cut ideological base for Nigerian politics presently does not mean that the Yoruba are blind, or that they don’t know who is working and fighting for their interest.
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DeleteObasanjo no doubted may have not performed to the satisfaction of all but in comparison it is definitely better than Jonathan administration. What we need in this country is good governance, it does not matter who can provide it. If a southern is incompetent, we should not try to justify him. All that matters to us now is good governance not religion, corruption,ethnicity and other primordial interests. As a southner and Christian I can not vote for the sake of keeping southner who has performed abysmally. I want change.
ReplyDeleteYou better check your head before you make any comment. If you want any change, change yourself first. Buhari certainly is not the change we need.
DeleteYou can only compare OBJ with satan and not a humble servant like GEJ.
ReplyDeleteSouth West has never partnered anyone apart from North. That friendship has never been out of choice but fear. They fear the North more than a roaring lion because the North overthrew and killed the ILORIN OBA. They fear for such again.
ReplyDeleteYou correctly summarised it. Even if the President was a 90% performer, the West would have supported the North. People have forgotten that the North and West have both insisted that Jonathan serves only one term from the day he won election. This intense criticism started when they noticed from his body language that he wanted a 2nd term.
DeleteWith your comment one can easily deduce your level of intelligence, tagging the Yorubas as being a cowards shows how naive or uninformed you are about the country you claim to belong to. It's obvious to a sensible person that Jonathan has done nothing in the past 6years of his reign. In no comparison is OBJ government with what we are seeing today, anybody that sees otherwise should be recommended for psychiatric evaluation.
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