Obasanjo Talks Tough At Governors Over Funds Mismanagement

Nigeria's former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has censured some state governors for their selfishness and callous act in leading their respective states.

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo

Obasanjo said, 'some governors have become sole administrators, acting like emperors.' and have as a result, plunged their states into abject penury.

Obasanjo made the remarks at the conference of Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy (ISGPP), Ibadan, Oyo state.

He said: “Now, we have a situation where some governors have become sole administrators, acting like emperors. These governors have rendered public institutions irrelevant and useless in the manner they starve local governments their legitimate funds from the federation account.

“When governors take their money, the chairmen of councils take the balance of the money and put it on the table and share it out among the council members. In some states, governors have hijacked the resources of local governments and expended them to serve their whims and caprices instead of using these resources to galvanise growth and development”.

Speaking on the socio-economic affairs of the nation, with more emphasis on the current administration, Obasanjo said:

“The problem today is that it is doubtful if the current administrative system is imbued with right mix of skills and values to successfully implement a well-articulated programme of change.”

Obasanjo accentuated on the need for government to completely eradicate corruption from the nation's polity and also create employment opportunities for unemployed Nigerians.

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