The Presidency has reacted to former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s recent interview with News Central Television, which has been trending on social media in the past week.
It is important to highlight that during the interview, former President Obasanjo made a subtle reference to the current administration, suggesting that Nigeria has a President who entered office without a clear plan.
On Monday, Temitope Ajayi, Senior Special Assistant for Media and Publicity to President Bola Tinubu, remarked that Obasanjo seems to view himself as the exclusive saviour appointed by God for Nigeria.
In response to Obasanjo’s claim that Tinubu took office without a strategic framework, Ajayi pointed out that Obasanjo considers himself the only capable leader in the nation.
Ajayi also emphasized that the current President is diligently working on substantial economic reform initiatives that were initially introduced by Obasanjo but later overlooked.
Taking to X, Ajayi wrote: “A video of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s interview with News Central Television has been trending on social media platforms for the past week. In the interview, the former President, in a veiled reference to the current administration, said Nigeria has a President who came into office without a plan.
“Yet, the same ‘planless’ president is implementing a bold economic reform programme that Obasanjo initiated and abandoned mid-way.
“Despite his foibles and messianic complex, former President Obasanjo is no doubt a remarkable leader. His administration opened the economy and implemented essential reforms that his immediate successor should have continued with.
“What most critics find offensive about the former president is how he sees himself as the only saviour God created for Nigeria. As far as he is concerned, no other leader before and after him has been good enough. For context and clarity, it is essential to recall the former president’s position on deregulating the downstream oil sector when he was in charge.”
