To criticize
a policy of govt. is not a
family affair – Obasanjo
Former President of the federal republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo has revealed that his criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari
administration is not a personal affair, noting that even if it is his blood
brother that is the president performing like the current administration, he
would criticise him.
Obasanjo said he was “only criticising the programmes and
policy of the present administration to ensure that things were done according
to democratic norms.”
He stated this on Tuesday during an event to mark his 82nd
birthday anniversary held at the Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, the
Ogun State capital.
“Buhari; there is nothing personal between me and him. I am
his boss, with all due respect
“The point is that I have been in that position longer than
any Nigerian will ever be there.
“The purpose of criticism was to deepen democracy and ensure
economic growth and development of the nation.
“You see that in a democracy, to criticise a policy of government
is not a family affair; even if it is my brother that is there and is not doing
the things that I believe he should do, he must be criticised.
“That is what democracy is all about. So, if I say anybody
in government in Nigeria or any government in Africa is not doing well, let
that government prove that it is doing well; it is not taking things
personally,” he reiterated.
The former president further added that those who keep quiet
in an environment where there is not development are accomplices in the crime.