President Bola Tinubu has been called ‘baba-go-slow’ by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. This statement was made by Obasanjo during his keynote speech at the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum, which was held over the weekend at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
‘Nigeria’s situation is dire, as the world can see and understand,’ Obasanjo stated.
According to ‘Leadership Failure and State Capture in Nigeria,’ a country’s turmoil, insecurity, conflict, discord, division, disunity, despair, youth restlessness, confusion, violence, and underdevelopment increase with its level of immorality and corruption.
‘Nigeria Situation: As we can see and understand, Nigeria’s situation is bad,’ stated Obasanjo.
A nation’s likelihood of experiencing turmoil, insecurity, conflict, dissension, and division increases with its level of immorality and corruption. confusion, violence, youth restlessness, sadness, division, and underdevelopment.
That was the case mostly in Nigeria during Baba-go-slow and Emilokan’s rule.
It is evident that Nigeria is a failing state, and the consequences of our widespread corruption, mediocrity, immorality, misconduct, mismanagement, perversion, injustice, incompetence, and other forms of iniquity are too obvious for any honest person to ignore. There is, nevertheless, hope.
While paraphrasing Chinua Achebe’s brief, classic 1983 work, ‘The Trouble with Nigeria,’ Obasanjo acknowledged that ‘the trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership.’
There isn’t really anything wrong with Nigerians. The land, climate, water, and air of Nigeria are all in perfect condition.
Anything different, Nigeria’s issue is that its leaders are unable or unable to take on the responsibilities and challenges of setting a good example, which are essential components of effective leadership.
Even with his critical assessment, Obasanjo offered some optimism for the future.
He said, ‘But yes, there is hope,’ implying that if the country attempts to address its ingrained problems, change may be possible.
