Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday visited President Muhammadu Buhari.
The
two leaders met behind closed-doors after which Mr. Obasanjo told journalists
he visited the president to deliver messages he brought from abroad.
Mr.
Obasanjo, who spoke with State House correspondents, said, “I am visiting this
time because I have some messages for the president.”
The
former president said he recently travelled to Liberia and Gambia.
“I
have messages that these two countries will want me to deliver to the
president,” he said.
“Also,
only yesterday I came back from Seychelles Island where I attended this year’s
Annual General meeting of Africa Export Development Bank. And there are aspects
of the proceedings that I think I should update the President on,” he said.
The former president
also reiterated his earlier stand that Nigeria’s National Assembly was made up
of corrupt lawmakers.
Reacting to the
ongoing scandal around the 2016 budget in the House of Representatives, Mr.
Obasanjo said people who did not belief what he said about the Assembly in the
past should now belief him since “what has come out confirms what I said in the
past, then you can say what I said in the past is what I will say now.”
Mr. Obasanjo also said
the issue of budget padding had gone beyond investigation.
He said what the
nation needs to do now is to “get men and women of integrity in the place.”
He advised President
Buhari to be vigilant and ensure that “whatever should not pass should not
pass.”
When asked whether he
enjoyed his frequent trips abroad. Mr. Obasanjo said, “travelling is a good
education, what you will learn about a country by visiting that country for two
or three days you won’t learn by reading through books.”
When asked whether he
intends to ‘slow down’ any time soon, Mr. Obasanjo retorted, “May God not allow
you to slow down.”
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