Former president Olusegun Obasanjo says President Muhammadu
Buhari is not grounded in the economy but “he is doing well in his fight
against corruption and the battle against insurgency”.
According to The Nation, Obasanjo said this at Covenant University, Ota, Ogun state, during a conference on African Development.
“PMB
served under me and I know him a little bit. He hasn’t deviated from
what I knew him for. Actually he is not a perfect man, indeed no leader
can be perfect,” Obasanjo was quoted as saying.
“Buhari might not
be grounded in both the economy and foreign affairs, he is doing well in
fighting Boko Haram and in his anti-corruption crusade.
“I am very optimistic as far as Nigeria is concerned because we have somebody that will do it well as president.
The
former president was also said to have attributed some of the problems
in the country to lack of continuity of some good policies initiated by
his administration.
He said the late President Umaru Musa
Yar’Adua, who succeeded him, campaigned for continuity, but he
jettisoned some of the things his (Obasanjo) administration erected when
he came into power.
He also lampooned former President Goodluck Jonathan, his estrange ally.
Obasanjo said if he had his way, he would change some things in the country’s constitution.
“The
problem of Nigeria is not the constitution. There is no constitution
that is perfect in as much as it is written by human being that is
perfect, if I have opportunity to rewrite the constitution of this
country, there are some things I will change,” he said.
On the 36
cars purchased by senators he said: “The purchase of cars by the
Nigerian senators is absolute nonsense, after being given money for cars
and house allowances, yet they still appropriated special funds for
car purchase.”

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