Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has taken a swipe at the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government, over the recent reinstatement of the former Chairman of the defunct Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina.
Obasanjo stated this in a Lecture, which he delivered on the theme: “Corruption and the Challenges of the African Child”, at the 14th Anniversary of Dorcas Oke Hope Alive Initiative, held at Emeritus Professor Theophilus Hall, opposite University College Hospital, Ibadan, on Saturday.
Expressing disappointment over the recent developments within the APC, he maintained that the country could not continue to celebrate criminals, who looted the treasury, and insisted that there should not be sacred cows in the fight against corruption.
According to Obasanjo, the Maina saga currently rocking the President Buhari administration should not have happened, as it is not in tandem with the fight against corruption.
“I am highly disappointed. Corruption must be punished, and those who perpetrate it or cover it up should be seen to be punished. There must not be sacred cows in the fight against corruption. The Maina saga should not have been allowed to occur. It is not in tandem with the fight against corruption”, he stated.
He also noted that corruption was one of the reasons Nigeria was yet to win the war against the Boko Haram sect, saying his research on the instability in the North-East for his theological studies, revealed that one of the reasons members of the extreme Boko Haram sect gave for their onslaught on the people, was that they became disillusioned when they saw how corrupt their educated leaders were.
“I am told that when Muhammad Yusuf, the original Leader of Boko Haram and his followers first started, they gathered and tore their certificates, because they felt the certificates cannot fetch them the source of value they wanted, and saw western education as corrupting.
“We may not agree with their position, but the disappointment and disillusionment of citizens over the inadequacy or poor performance of their leaders is real. That is why we are witnessing instability and insecurity in the North-East over the years”, he stated.
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