OBASANJO INSISTS THAT NIGERIA IS IN A 'BAD SITUATION'

The meeting which five serving governors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had with former President, Olusegun Obasanjo at his Hilltop residence in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, has ended with the former President insisting that Nigeria is in a “bad situation.”

T he meeting which lasted over three hours, Obasanjo addressed reporters, disclosing that the state of the country is bad at the moment. He was however quick to note that it is “not irretrievably bad if there is the will and courage to do the right thing at the right time.”

As regards what transpired at his close-door meeting with the governors, the elder statesman disclosed that he and the governors deliberated on “issues affecting the country- the security, the economy among others as Nigerians have no other country except Nigeria.”

Chief Obasanjo said that one does not need to be a World Bank economist or an International Monetary Fund (IMF) expert before appreciating the fact that the nation’s economy is ailing and require the will and courage by the leaders  not only to tell the truth to the nation, but also proffer the feasible solutions.

The five governors who met Obasanjo – Liyel Imoke (Cross River), Isa Yuguda (Bauchi), Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Babangida Aliu (Niger) and Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom).
The governors were led to the meeting by Akpabio, who is the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum.