Though Obasanjo played role in creating current challenges, don’t ignore his counsel –Ohanaeze

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari –led administration not to jettison the advise of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his recent open letter to the President over the current state of insecurity in the country.

Ohanaeze Ndigbo however urged the Federal Government to address the fundamental issues raised by the ex-Nigerian leader.

The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the group, Chuks Ibegbu, who spoke to newsmen Wednesday in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, however lashed out at Obasanjo, claiming that the ex-President, was part of the problems currently bedeviling Nigeria.

Ibegbu pointed out that despite Obasanjo’s letter to the Buhari-led presidency over insecurity in the land, the implementation of the 2014 national confab report remains the only solution to the economic and security challenges currently ravaging the country.

According to him, “The concern of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo cannot be dismissed easily, because, what is happening in this country today is worrisome. No Nigerian that is not apprehensive of what is happening in the country, security wise.

“But, I want to be dispassionate about this. Obasanjo himself was contributory to the current problems of Nigeria. Obasanjo was a product of the leadership cacophony that has ravaged this country in the past thirty to forty years.

Not everybody that have the courage to write the letter. This is the second letter he is writing to President Buhari-led administration. I want to thank him for that.

“And I want to call on the present leadership in the country not to dismiss the letter. Look at the merits, some of the points outlined in that letter, and also, see the areas that need to be addressed.

They should not politicise it. Nigeria government and its citizens look at the genuine aspect of his letter. The critical aspect of his letter that can be addressed, and Buhari government should look into it.

“They should not throw away the water with bath-tub. In as much as Obasanjo is part and parcel of the challenges this country is passing through both during military and civilian regime, which he was part of.

We are aware of the third term saga. We are aware of so many other misfortunes Nigeria passed through, during his regime.

“So, the seed of what we are passing through now was laid by Obasanjo and thereafter. But, nobody should dismiss his advice. The Buhari-led government should not look at it as another Obasanjo letter.

Government should look into it, so that the insecurity challenges, the challenges of the economy, the challenges of over population, the challenges of killings and the challenges of killer herdsmen are addressed.”

The Buhari-led government should not look at it as another Obasanjo letter. Government should look into it, so that the insecurity challenges, the challenges of the economy, the challenges of over population, the challenges of killings and the challenges of killer herdsmen are addressed.”