Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has insisted that a democratic system that promotes insecurity and poverty must be abandoned.
Obasanjo spoke in Oyo town on Friday during the inauguration of the rehabilitated 34.8-kilometre Oyo-Iseyin road.
The former president said a democracy that nurtures poverty, unemployment and insecurity should be discarded as it only denotes backwardness.
The former president, it would be recalled, had said in a recent interview that Nigeria needs to rethink its democracy.
Speaking on Friday at the inauguration of the newly rehabilitated road, Obasanjo maintained that the liberal type of democracy practised in the West will not work for the country.
“Democracy that nurtures a lack of peace and security must be thrown overboard. Democracy dividends must involve peace, security, stability, prosperity, wealth creation, employment and the wholesomeness of the society.
“Democracy that nurtures poverty is abortion. Democracy that nurtures unemployment is a failure”, Obasanjo said.
He charged political leaders to embrace democracy that promotes prosperity, poverty eradication, employment and adequate security for the good of Nigeria.
“That’s when democracy would continue to survive and people will feel that yes, democracy is a worthwhile system of government that must be embraced”, he said.
Obasanjo also commended the governor of Oyo State for the rehabilitation, reconstruction and construction of roads linking the five zones in the state.
He said such projects would fast-track socio-economic development across the zones.
He urged the people of Oyo to support Makinde’s government in its efforts to develop the state’s economy.
Speaking at the event, Makinde said the reconstruction of the Oyo-Iseyin road and other ongoing projects were in line with his administration’s vision to connect all the five zones in the state and mitigate rural-urban migration.
The governor promised to fast-track the completion of all the ongoing projects and rehabilitate all internal roads across the state.
The rehabilitated Oyo-Iseyin road was awarded in 2021 at the cost of N8.4 billion to Kopek Construction Limited.
THE HOGWASH OF A SPENT FORCE NOW IRRELEVANT REDUCED FELLOW.
After bootlicking cheerleading and sycophancy with supreme slave mentality to the Westen powers. The Otta BRUTE just woke up to the reality of the time due to fallout of favour with the powers he once WORSHIPED doted and SERVED with hind lick fervour.
Obasanjo CAN TELL US ABOUT HOME GROWN DEMOCRACY. WHERE DID HE GET THAT ONE FROM?