The presidency has responded to the criticisms of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who stated that Nigeria is a failed state due to the maladministration of President Bola Tinubu.
Obasanjo had also described Tinubu as ‘baba-go-slow’ while delivering a speech in faraway United States of America.
Responding to the comments, Special Adviser, Public Communication and Orientation to President Tinubu, Sunday Dare, stated that Obasanjo has no right to criticise his boss.
He wrote on X: “His journey along the path of hallucinations has never been in doubt. So is his descent into muddling facts, forgetting that he ran a Presidency on record as the most corrupt. His recent diatribe at Yale University lacks sincerity.
“It is actually laughable that the former President’s pretentiousness about fighting corruption is not cutting any ice in the eyes of the general public.
“We all know what happened under his watch and how, up till the present moment, there has been no explanation as to how he wasted a whopping $16bn in generating megawatts of darkness across the nation.
“But that is not even the issue. Democracy suffered mortal wounds under his watch only capped by his murderous rage for an ill-fated 3rd term.
“Successive administrations struggled to clean up the mess Obasanjo left behind, which President Tinubu is now making progress with.
“The former President has lost any moral right to condemn any government. He should apologise to Nigerians for not laying the foundational infrastructure Nigeria needed to advance.
Dare further stated that the Tinubu administration “will stay focused in bringing relief to Nigerians.”
“Obasanjo’s remarks reflect the infantilist nature of market noise,” he added.
He advised Obasanjo to “take time off this habit of pulling down leaders, especially his successors and try to interrogate himself on how he has contributed to the parlous state of the Nigerian nation which President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is now spiritedly battling to put back on the track of development.”