Arab Spring or Revolution now!!!!
During a recent conference on youth
employment in Dakar, Senegal, former President Olusegun Obasanjo shocked
his audience by openly calling for a revolution in Nigeria.
Also, it
will be recalled that the
former President called Nigerians to come out en masse for a Nigerian
type “Arab spring (revolution)” during a workshop on economic
diversification and revenue generation in December 2011 at the June 12
Cultural Centre in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Obasanjo’s call was hinged on the
prevailing high rate of youth unemployment, which he estimated to be
about 72 per cent. If the audience in Dakar was shocked, then the
residents of Warri in Delta State were utterly astonished when he
commented on President Goodluck Jonathan’s handling of the crisis in the
North.
Most Nigerians are unable to understand
why and how a former President could incite the people to the path of
revolution as a measure to check unemployment.
They become jittery when such comments
come from a retired Army general of the calibre and stature of Obasanjo.
His insistence on a revolution has become an unpalatable cliché that
Nigerians must decipher.
Culled- •Nanaghan, wrote in from Lagos via bennanaghan@yahoo.com
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.....Today, Obasanjo’s call for a Nigerian type Arab Spring or Revolution....Haba!
So people what do you think about this OBJ's statement or call for Revolution. Do we need or not..?
Share your thoughts...thanks!
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