Former President Olusegun
Obasanjo on Monday visited
President Muhammadu
Buhari.
The two leaders met behind
closed-doors after which Mr.
Obasanjo told journalists he
visited the president to
deliver messages he brought
from abroad.
Mr. Obasanjo, who spoke with
State House correspondents,
said, “I am visiting this time
because I have some messages
for the president.”
The former president said he
recently travelled to Liberia
and Gambia.
“I have messages that these
two countries will want me to
deliver to the president,” he
said.
“Also, only yesterday I came
back from Seychelles Island
where I attended this year’s
Annual General meeting of
Africa Export Development
Bank. And there are aspects of
the proceedings that I think I
should update the President
on,” he said.
Corrupt lawmakers
The former president also
reiterated his earlier stand
that Nigeria’s National
Assembly was made up of
corrupt lawmakers.
Reacting to the ongoing
scandal around the 2016
budget in the House of
Representatives, Mr. Obasanjo
said people who did not belief
what he said about the
Assembly in the past should
now belief him since “what
has come out confirms what I
said in the past, then you can
say what I said in the past is
what I will say now.”
Mr. Obasanjo also said the issue of
budget padding had gone beyond
investigation.
He said what the nation needs to do now
is to “get men and women of integrity in
the place.”
He advised President Buhari to be vigilant
and ensure that “whatever should not
pass should not pass.”
When asked whether he enjoyed his
frequent trips abroad. Mr. Obasanjo said,
“travelling is a good education, what you
will learn about a country by visiting that
country for two or three days you won’t
learn by reading through books.”
When asked whether he intends to ‘slow
down’ any time soon, Mr. Obasanjo
retorted, “May God not allow you to slow
down.”
