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.
The governors were led to the meeting by Akpabio, who is the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum.
