Controversies and mixed reactions have continued to trail Olusegun Obasanjo's statement to President Muhamamdu Buhari, as well as the presidency's response, a Second Republic lawmaker has made his thoughts known.
Junaid Muhammed
While speaking with PUNCH, Nigeria's Second Republic lawmaker, Dr Junaid Muhammed, said that the response provided by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s statement did not account for corruption in the current administration.
The influential elder statesman described the response as “uncharitable and an insult to the intelligence of Nigerians”, adding that Buhari had failed to address the main issues especially that of nepotism, raised by the former president.
Fielding questions, the former lawmaker said; “The so- called response is a collective insult to the intelligence of Nigerians. A man like Obasanjo cannot be said by the Federal Government to be too busy to notice what is being done by the government.
“This can never be a defence for the irresponsibility and corruption in the Federal Government. Also, Obasanjo spoke about specific issues. One of them was the issue of nepotism , which was earlier observed by me in at least 10 appointments by the Federal Government; that issue was not addressed, there has been no answer from the government.
“I can name several appointments in the government’s circle which were not based on merit but on some other considerations . You do not confront facts by lying about them.”