When I Became Impartial Nigerian ─ Obasanjo

Olusegun Obasanjo, a two-time democratic president of Nigeria, has disclosed that he became an impartial Nigerian when he withdrew from all partisan politics shortly after his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) membership card was torn.

The erstwhile president who made this statement on the night of Tuesday, December 15, at a dinner organized in his honour by Governor Samuel Ortom during his private visit in Makurdi, Benue state capital, said on that on that note, he owed nobody any apology for his commitment to the Nigerian project, The Guardian reports.

Further in his statement, the former president said that the recent dislosure that the governor made regarding the fact that he was once a motor park tout at his youthful age, was similar to his humble beginnings.

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Ex-president Obasanjo also said that because of such history, he was in 2014 called a tout at his old age.

Obasanjo said: “There is no age, poverty, status, gender, position barrier in acquiring education and the day one stops learning is the day you also start dying.”

The former PDP stalwart said maintained that acquisition of knowledge should be from birth to death.

On the plans of the Benue governor which he termed 'Ortom blueprint', Obasanjo gave a eulogy to it, describing it as an embodiment of good governance.

He further added that he must take note of all his promises, urging the people to help the state governor succeed.

Expressing his sympathy to the governor and the entire Tiv people over the death of their paramount ruler, His Royal Highness Alfred Akawe Torkula who recently passed on, Obasanjo used the opportunity to urge the farmers in the country to join hands together to provide food security, create employment and create wealth for the Nigerian citizens.

In his remarks, Governor Ortom commended the former president for his contributions to the political development of Nigeria.

The governor said the people of the state including him admired Obasanjo’s courage and zeal in his pursuit for knowledge even after acquiring so much in life.

Governor Ortom stressed that his administration was committed to good governance and the necessary core values which he said are currently absent in the polity.

The former president asked the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) to make sure it fulfills the promises made to the electorates prior to the 2015 general elections.

Source: Legit.ng