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Jonathan is responsible for Nigeria’s woes – Obasanjo

By on February 2, 2013

jonathan obasanjo 1In his usual unclothed and plain assertion, Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo had declared that President Goodluck Jonathan should be held responsible for Nigeria’s many problems.

The retired Military General stated this in an exclusive interview published in the February issue of the pan-African magazine, New African.

He flayed Jonathan for the deteriorating security situation caused by the Boko Haram menace.

According to him, “If the President is the chief security officer of the country and there is a security problem, where do you go for the solution? And if that solution is not coming from the chief security officer, who else inside and outside will get a solution? He has the responsibility to solve the problem, and nobody else should be blamed but him.”

The politician cum Otta farmer also challenged claims made by Nigerian literary icon, Chinua Achebe, regarding the country’s civil war in the 1960s.

Obasanjo debunked Achebe’s claims that successive Nigerian administrations have marginalized the Igbo ethnic group within the country.

He said: “Maybe he is making those remarks because he is not living in Nigeria. If he was living in Nigeria, when I was the president of this country, an Igbo lady was my Minister of Finance, and Igbo man was the Governor of the Central Bank; an Igbo man was one of the military service chiefs. The permanent representative to the UN was also an Igbo person. What more do you want? For someone to say the civil war has not ended, 40 years after its conclusion, that person is living in the past.”

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  • Austin

    OBJ don’t mind them. you really tried for IGBO. But i beg you Make an Igbo man president now you are alife. We have people like Prof maurice Iwu, Rochas, Orji Uzor Kalu who can be president of this country please do it for us.

  • rop dodo

    OBJ is a Nationalist, he treats every ethnic equally, at least he is very goopd at that.

  • http://www.facebook.com/engrobioha.ezekwesiri Engr Obioha Ezekwesiri Ict

    Austin, did I hear you mention Orji Uzor Kalu as one of the credible Igbos to rule Nigeria? You surely was not in the country when he was Abia state governor for 8 years. please visit Aba and other places. The next Nigeria president can come from the moon, all that matters is that the unnecessary looting of public fund and suffering of the innocent masses MUST stop. I reject any of the elderly statesmen or women (above 40 years) to lead Nigeria. The good among them can become national advisers. The youths MUST take over – actually, a natural thing – father to son transition. Please do not be sentimental about this. Thanks

  • ndy boy

    Obj thinks he is Gods gift 2 humanity, who imposed Yar Adua & GEJ,? Appointing Igbos? In his over 11yrs in Govt as Head of State let him point at one major project he gave d Igbos, Onitsha / Owerri Road is still under construction 10yrs on, what was Ndubuisi Kanus offence?
    Abeg keep ur trap shut, at least GEJ has not leveled any Town like Odi & Zaki Biam, nor has he imposed his dauta in d Senate or devastated Anambra with his Chris Ubah type

    • smart

      whn u r pointing @ Onitsha/Owerri Road, did he do anything about Lagos/Ibadan road?… and also GEJ cant impose his daughter in d senate seat because he dont have any… weather u like it or not, GEJ administration is d worst ever…

  • ndy boy

    Uuh austin is just yabbing d old Ota farmer, those are the pple he ll b comfortable with, however if he can not send Iyabo 2 d senate again lost d southwest, can not hold his BOT posn ,ave his boy thrown out as pdp sec, cld not get d Speaker pon 4 Southwest.
    Den d greatest defeat is coming 4 him in 2015 mark my word.
    Agbaya!

    • http://www.facebook.com/musayakub.ibrahim Musa Yakub Ibrahim

      Ndy boy,do you realy know what Agbaya means? Please accord elders due respect

  • abenibo

    Did OBJ actually solve the security problems of this country in his days? After destroying Odi in the name of looking for militants, did the problem subside? Militancy in the Niger Delta & many other parts of this country started & snowballed in his days as the president of this country. Nothing was actually done to stem it by his holier-than-thou govt. It was rather GEJ that gave all the necessary support & advice to the late Yar adua on how to bring peace to the region. We all live in this country, unlike Achebe. We expect OBJ & anybody claiming to be a better leader to come up with a workable solution to the menace rather than secretly destroying this govt for cheap political gains.

    • marine

      @abenibo what a sentimental summary..non of your points is valid..GEJ’s administration is cluless n a merginal administration with no vision

    • http://www.facebook.com/musayakub.ibrahim Musa Yakub Ibrahim

      Abenibo are you saying the President have the magic wand to bring peace to the Niger Delta and he can’t use the same to bring peace to the North?

  • Kenden

    Orji Uzo kalu can’t never be President. He is a crook and a murderer.