Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo said the present government arrangement in Nigeria is drifting towards anarchy.
According to him, the government lacks geographical diversity, “the Senate President is from North-East, the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria is from the north-east, the President of the country is from the north-west.
“They are all from what we call the core north. How can you have that kind of arrangement and then be absolutely insensitive to it (lack of geographical diversity)? President Muhammadu Buhari-led government is driving Nigeria towards disaster and instability.
Mr Obasanjo speaking with PREMIUM TIMES said even though the country has made considerable progress since 1999, the pace at which it is currently moving shows the nation may be inching towards disaster and instability.
“I think we have no choice but to be on the path for sustainable development. “The progress we are making may be questionable—-Is it fast enough? Is it steady enough? Is it stable enough? Are we taking two steps forward and one step back or one step side-way?
“You can question that, but we have no choice but to be on (the) path for sustainable development. Any other thing will be a disaster. In fact, the pace at which we are going now is tending more and more toward disaster and instability and unsustainability.”
‘No Confidence in the Economy’ “The problem is that we are just not doing what we should be doing Nobody has that confidence, and we cannot develop Nigeria without that confidence in our economy.
Both for domestic investors and foreign investors.” ‘Anti-graft institutions have been corrupted’ said Obasanjo.
Speaking further on the state of the nation, Obasanjo said “I set up two (anti-corruption) institutions, I came with two laws that were not there before, to fight corruption.
And those who claim they are fighting corruption today have not brought in anything different. If anything, they have corrupted those two institutions,” he said.