States Run By Professors, Retired Army Officers And Professionals Did not Expertise Seen Enhancements – Obasanjo | Breaking News, Entertainment

Ex-Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has acknowledged that almost all professionals contesting within the forthcoming elections know little or nothing about creating the nation.

In his keynote tackle tagged ‘Respecting the ideas of democracy’ on the worldwide convention on ‘Deepening democratic tradition and establishments’, held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Thursday, January 26, Obasanjo famous that many states run by professors, retired navy officers and professionals haven’t witnessed seen enhancements.

He additionally lamented that the political campaigns in Nigeria had been overtaken by insults, lies and egocentric curiosity as a substitute of addressing problems with nationwide curiosity and progress.

Obasanjo averred that campaigns have been taken over by minions who’ve now constructed iron-rings round candidates in any respect ranges.

The previous President mentioned;

“On the finish of all of the rigmarole, folks get elected: they by no means believed in or shared a standard platform, failed to hold Nigerians alongside, lacked a deep understanding of the tendencies and tendencies within the social and financial system.

“Everybody on this room, whether or not we admit it or not, is an skilled in Nigerian politics. All of us have opinions and we’ve got prescriptions for all the issues of Nigeria. But, the nation shouldn’t be making progress. Most of us are specialists in what we all know little or nothing about and ignoramus in what’s our responsibility and accountability. We have now tried all types of regimes, ideologies, planning methods and personalities in energy: the so-called new breed didn’t present that they had been totally different.

“Equally, states run by professors, retired navy officers and different professionals together with lecturers didn’t expertise seen and substantial enhancements. True, there have been some excellent leaders at numerous ranges of energy however no tree has ever made a forest; the great ones are few and much in between and didn’t type vital mass. The dearth of conversations throughout fault-lines and primordial proclivities imply that our leaders are unable to share concepts and have sturdy and sustained insurance policies for lengthy sufficient time. This prevents helpful cooperation, collaboration, stability and sustainability. It implies that no matter finest practices are in a single location stay there and will die there.”

Obasanjo who additionally lamented that Nigeria leaders will not be exhibiting clear capacities to supply a transformative management that unites Nigerians and comprises ethnic, spiritual, regional and clannish, egocentric, class proclivities, added that the best way Nigeria’s democracy is practiced has deepened contradictions, detrimental coalitions, mistrust, disloyalty and unpatriotic tendencies inside and between communities and constituencies all around the nation.