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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo criticized the N15.6TN Lagos-Calabal Coastal Highway Project.
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Obasanjo also slammed the President Bola Tinubu government for spending $N21 billion on the new official residence of Vice President Kashim Shettima, calling it a “misplacement priority.”
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The former president made these comments in his new book, Nigeria: The Past and the Future.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo launched a harsh attack on President Bola Tinubu’s government, describing the N15.6TN Lagos-Calabal Coastal Highway Project as “waste and corruption”.
Obasanjo also criticized the government’s decision to spend 2.1 billion guilds on Vice President Kashim Shettima in his new book Nigeria: Past and Future, calling it a “misplaced priority” and a “breeding aimed at misappropriating public funds.”
Obasanjo expressed concern about the country’s corruption and governance disadvantage, noting that many people in leadership positions “are ready, Satan, Satan, self-centered and all corruptly enrich themselves, while the country continues to be impoverished and condemned with extreme poverty and reprehensible poverty and condemnation”.
He noted that some CEOs are well-known to deceive, lie and try to cover up the reality and facts of contract rewards, agreements, treaties, borrowing and forward sales of state assets. “A CEO like this is not suitable for the job he or she does.”
Obasanjo suggested that it is necessary to interrogate Western practices of liberal democracy and see how it is reviewed to reflect the characteristics of Africa. “Let’s call it non-democracy… it’s from the African democratic system and we will create a constitution for the African people for any African who chooses to move towards African democracy.”
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Engineering Minister David Umahi revealed that 700 kilometers of the coastal expressway of Lagos-Calabal, 4.93 billion guild per kilometer.
Many well-known Nigerians, including the People’s Democratic presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar has questioned the federal government’s decision to award the contract to Gilbert Chagoury’s Hitech construction company without a competitive bid.
El-rufai yiku’s economic policy role under Obasanjo
Former Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai praised former presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar for his role in implementing economic policies under former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
El-Rufai said Atiku deserves praise for overseeing economic policies, but is often overlooked.
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