Okoi Obono-Obla, former aide to ex-president Muhammadu Buhari, has criticised Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President, over his feedback on Nigeria’s governance.
In a publish shared on Fb, Obono-Obla stated Atiku lacks the ethical authority to place himself as a reformer.
Obono-Obla stated politicians who’ve held public workplace for years ought to be judged by their information.
He additional acknowledged: “Most significantly, younger individuals—those that weren’t but born or had been too younger on the time—are entitled to find out about these peripatetic politicians who’ve held essential political workplaces in our nation for a few years, but achieved nothing. Immediately, they prance and prattle about salvaging Nigeria.”
The Cross River-born politician additionally criticised Atiku’s position within the privatisation of public enterprises when he was the vice chairman.
His phrases: “Once we had been rising up, Nigeria had nearly ten thousand industries and public enterprises.
“Atiku Abubakar was the Chairman of the Nationwide Privatization Council that offered these industries for subsequent to nothing. But at the moment, he makes noise about rescuing Nigeria. Such hypocrisy.”
Obono-Obla additionally warned towards politicising insecurity within the nation.
He stated: “In case you are a superb researcher, you’ll not weaponize or politicize kidnapping, as a result of kidnapping takes place in lots of different nations.
“Take South Africa, Cameroon, and the USA as examples. For those who conduct a comparative evaluation, you will notice that the kidnapping charge in Nigeria pales into insignificance when in comparison with these nations.”