A former president, Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo, has said he will henceforth maintain silence on the state of
the nation until after the forthcoming general elections.
He said this on Wednesday while
addressing traditional rulers from Egbaland who were attending a seminar
organised by a non-governmental organisation, The Village Network
Empowerment Initiative. The seminar held at the Olusegun Obasanjo
Presidential Library, Abeokuta.
The former president, who had in recent
times criticised President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, said it
was unfortunate that some people could misconstrue his good intention
for the country.
Hence, he said he had chosen to keep mum until after the elections.
Obasanjo, who also flayed the situation
in which teachers in some states were being owed salaries for upward of
six months, said Nigerians had an opportunity from February 14 to play
their own part in enthroning leaders of their choice.
He said, “Where we are now, I have
spoken. I have used body language and whoever still does not
understand
all I have been saying, it would take such a person a long time to
understand.
“It is something that is very clear for
us all to see. Some people came to visit me from Benue State three days
ago and told me teachers in that state had not been paid for six months.
“There are states where teachers have
not been paid for four months, three months and two months. That is not
good at all. It’s only God that can help us to overcome all these
problems.
“All I know is that God has done His own
part and it’s now left for us as human beings to do our own bit. Do we,
as Nigerians, say that God has not been magnanimous enough to us?
“Is it human or natural resources that
we do not have? We are blessed with a lot of fertile land. Shakespeare
says the fault is not in our stars but in ourselves that we are
underlings.
“God has done his own part and it’s now
left for us as human beings to play our own part. That our own part
starts from the 14th and it’s now left to you and me. I won’t say more
than that. I’ve said I won’t say anything anymore until after the
elections.
“You’ll hear from me after the
elections. But I’ve said it verbally and through body language and how
you understand it all is now left to you. But whatever you still don’t
understand about all of these, I will put it in prayers that God should
enable you to clearly understand it all better.
“But I won’t say more than this until after the election.”
Delivering a lecture to the traditional
rulers on “Waste to Wealth, Health, Biogas productions as an alternative
source of energy for sustainable rural development,” the Director of
the Zoo Park of the Federal University of Agriculture, Prof. Moses
Oyatogun, enumerated the uses of different waste for energy production.
He advised them to take advantage of all manner of waste in their environment.
The initiator of the Village Network
Empowerment Initiative Network, Oba Olufemi Ogunleye, said he organised
the seminar to enable the traditional rulers to acquire knowledge and
exposure towards the development of their communities.
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