Obasanjo third term would have saved Nigeria – PDP Youth Leader

By Luminous Jannamike

ABUJA — The Deputy National Youth Leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Timothy Osadolor, has said Nigeria made a costly mistake by not allowing erstwhile President Olusegun Obasanjo to person a 3rd word successful office, arguing that the country’s institutions and governance mightiness person been stronger nether his continued leadership.

Speaking successful Abuja connected Monday, Osadolor contrasted Obasanjo’s grounds successful bureau with what helium described arsenic the shortcomings of successive governments.

“With the payment of hindsight, and fixed the show of governments that followed, I deliberation Nigeria should apologise to President Obasanjo for denying him a 3rd term. Perhaps a 3rd word nether him would person stabilised and strengthened our nationalist institutions. We would person had less strongmen and stronger institutions,” helium said.

Reflecting connected the contention that surrounded the failed third-term bid, Osadolor said the statement exposed Nigerians to the realities of wealth authorities astatine the time.

He argued that Nigeria’s contiguous challenges made Obasanjo’s years successful powerfulness look similar “the glory days,” adding that authorities governments could besides person benefitted from his extended presidency.

“Sub-national leaders would person governed much smoothly for the betterment of the Nigerian people. Now, we cannot assistance but look backmost connected those days arsenic the glory years. When a federation begins to presumption its past arsenic its champion days, it signals that the contiguous is heartbreaking and the aboriginal bleak,” helium stated.

On Obasanjo’s relation successful the third-term controversy, Osadolor stressed that the erstwhile president should judge work for his decisions.

“If helium made a petition that helium present feels atrocious oregon embarrassed about, helium should unrecorded with it and woody with it. Every enactment has consequences. At that time, helium should person told himself helium would either win oregon fail,” helium said.

Osadolor maintained that contempt criticisms of the third-term saga, galore Nigerians inactive believed Obasanjo’s enactment would person been much beneficial than what followed.

“For me, I would archer President Obasanjo that adjacent if helium thinks helium made a mistake, determination are Nigerians who judge his 3rd word would person been successful the champion interests of the country. I stock that presumption and sentiment, fixed what helium achieved successful 8 years compared with what aboriginal administrations managed to undo successful the years that followed,” helium said.

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