“President Buhari has done his best. That is what he can do. If we are expecting anything more than what he has done or what he i
s doing, that means we’re whipping a dead horse and there is no need this was what former President Olusegun Obasanjo said at an event organised by the Global Peace Foundation and Vision Africa in Abuja on Monday.
He admonished Nigerians never to expect
anything different from the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
Obasanjo urges Nigerian to concern themselves about Buhari’s successor and stop being optimistic about the current government.
He said: “President Buhari has done his best. That is what he can do. If we are expecting anything more than what he has done or what he is doing, that means we’re whipping a dead horse and there is no need.
“Then, where do we go from here? We cannot fold our hands. I believe that is part of what we’re doing here and what we continue to be doing. How do we prepare for post-Buhari? Buhari has done his best. My prayer is that God will spare his life to see his term through.
“What should we do to make post-Buhari better than what we have now? That is our responsibility now, because it concerns all of us.”
On security challenge Obasanjo claimed that political will and political action can effectively solve the security challenges facing the country.
He asserted that military actions alone would not effectively tackle the activities of bandits, terrorists and other criminals in the country.
He said: “People talk of political will, but I talk of political action. Political will is not enough. It must be matched by political action.
“The problem of insurgency will not go away, if all we are using is the ‘stick’ (military action). We may suppress it, and keep it down a bit, but we have to use ‘carrot and stick’ together to effectively tackle the problems.”
