Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is one person who has
publicly expressed his dissatisfaction with the Johnathan administration and
never stops expressing his thoughts about the administration whenever he has
the chance to. Speaking at the public presentation of the autobiography of Justice
Mustapha Akanbi, in Abuja yesterday Nov. 26th, Obasanjo rubbished
the National Assembly, referring to it as an Assembly of looters and thieves.
Isn’t it funny how we Nigerians love to do finger pointing
while ignoring our own flaws? What is happening in Nigeria today is a legacy
that has been left behind by past leaders and follow follow is a Nigerian
thing. Corruption and looting is a pattern in Nigerian leadership so it is not
surprising that he said that. Please read the rest of what he said after the cut
if you are interested and in the meantime, remain happy and spread happiness
around. Xoxo
"They do so during visits to their projects and
programmes and in the process of budget approval when they build up budgets for
ministries and departments, who agree to give it back to them in contracts that
they do not execute. They do similar things during their inquiries.”
"Corruption in the National Assembly also includes what
they call constituency projects which they give to their agents to execute but
invariably, full payment is made with little or no job done. In all this, if
the executive is not absolutely above board, the offending members of the
National Assembly resort to subtle or open threat, intimidation and blackmail.
When the executive pay the huge money, normally in millions of dollars, all is
quiet in form of whitewashed reports that fail to deal effectively with the
issues investigated.”
"When the guard is the thief, only God can keep
the house safe and secure. But I am optimistic that sooner than later, we will
overcome. God will give us guards of integrity and honesty with the fear of God
and genuine love of their people and their country.
“Today, there is no institution of government that is not
riddled with corruption, not even the military. As the people cry out, where
then is the salvation.” Obasanjo said
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