Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday called on the
old generation of Nigerians to give way for the younger breeds in the building
of a prosperous Nigeria.
According to him, rather than competition, the old
generation should collaborate with the younger ones and provide them with the
requisite knowledge and experience to transform the country for the better.
Obasanjo stated these in his capacity as chairman of the
occasion while speaking virtually at the 2022 annual lecture of the Murtala
Muhammed Foundation with the theme, ‘Beyond Boko Haram: Addressing insurgency,
banditry and kidnapping across Nigeria’.
During the event, the guest speaker and governor of Ekiti
State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, suggested a national response to stem the tide of
insecurity in Nigeria.
Also, the CEO of MMF, Aisha Mohammed-Oyebode, said the
organisation was committed to improving the socio-economic development of
Africa in line with the dreams of her father and late Head of State, General
Murtala Mohammed.
She said the MMF, through its programmes, “has made notable
impacts in the lives of people, especially the marginalized, disadvantaged, and
vulnerable, in addition, to contributing to promoting good governance and
empowerment in line with its vision and mission.”
Obasanjo in a veiled reference to the old generation of
politicians jostling for the Presidency of Nigeria in the 2023 elections, was
responding to the lecture by Fayemi that he (Fayemi) was in secondary school
when he and the late Murtala Mohammed directed the affairs of the country.
The former President said, “We need to have an
intergenerational collaboration. Fayemi said he was in primary school when
Murtala-Obasanjo were there. So, if people of Murtala-Obasanjo are competing
with you as governor then something is wrong.
“Murtala-Obasanjo group should be stepping aside. Whatever
experience and knowledge you have, we should be able to give it to you and
should be able to give it to those coming after you, so that whatever you have
you are passing it down to those of you who are coming behind not to start
competing with you but make you have access to what would make you Nigeria
better you find it.”
Obasanjo blamed insecurity in the country on the access to
weapons after the Nigerian civil war.
He stated that beyond the crisis caused by the controversial
Sharia law, unemployment also contributed to the insurgency in the country.
The former President also said that his fear about Boko
Haram had materialized with their links with international terrorist
organisations.
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