Nigeria under bondage of ethnic leadership; yet to have true Nigerian president: Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday said Nigeria is under bondage, attributing the country’s myriad of problems to ethnicised leadership.
Mr Obsanjo spoke while hosting a delegation of Southern leadership of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) at his residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Friday.
He said, “We are in bondage. Let us keep watching the situation, but more importantly, let us pray that God delivers us. I belong to no party. Nigeria is my political party. I only care about the country’s progress.”
The former president attributed Nigeria’s problems to ethnicised leadership, adding until the country gets a nationalist as leader things would remain the same.
He stated, “We’ve had Fulani Nigerian presidents, Hausa Nigerian presidents, Yoruba Nigerian presidents… but we’ve yet to have a true Nigerian president, one for all, not just their tribe. Until we do, our problems will remain. We have few genuine nationalists among politicians today. Most are in it for themselves. Nigeria has disappointed not only Africa but the entire world.”
Mr Obasanjo, a former military ruler in the 70s and two-term democratically elected president between 1999 and 2007, has continually lamented rising poverty, economic hardship and insecurity across the country.
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