Obasanjo Warns Buhari Against Castigating His Administration alongside previous ones

On Wednesday,the former president of Nigeria,Olusegun Obasanjo urged President Muhammadu Buhari to fix the country’s economy as he promised during electioneering rather than expressing frustration at the gloomy economic situation. Obasanjo,who said it would have been needless for Nigerians to cry for change of government if things were rosy in the country before Buhari took over.He faulted the proposed borrowing of US$30bn by the Buhari administration,insistingthe option to borrow is capable of hurting the country in future.He warned Buhari against castigating his administration alongside previous ones, describing such as uncharitable. The former president also revealed that if the current administration does not fix the economic recession,the gains recorded in fighting insurgency and corruption will be insignificance.He also warned the Federal Government against the planned $30bn foreign it wanted to take. However,Obasanjo described the National Assembly as a den of corruption by a gang of unarmed robbers and stinking worse than the judiciary. Obasanjo said,"Once you are a member, you are co-opted and your mouth is stuffed with rottenness and corruption that you cannot opt out as you go home with not less than N15m a month for a senator and N10m a month for a member of the House of Representatives. The National Assembly is a den of corruption by a gang of unarmed robbers. "If the judiciary is being cleaned, what of the National Assembly which stinks much worse than the judiciary? Budget padding must not go unpunished.Nobody should pull wool over the eyes of Nigerians.Ganging up to intimidate and threaten the life of a whistle-blower is deplorable and undemocratic." It was also learnt that he accused the national assembly of using constituency projects as a conduit for corruption.He made it clear to the public that the members of the National Assembly pay themselves allowances for staff and offices they do not have or maintain. It was also gathered that he appealed to the Judiciary not to frustrate the efforts of the anti-graft agencies through any interminable adjournment.