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Could it be the case, a pot calling the kettle blackie; monumental leadership failure in Nigeria

As repprted by post-nigeria.com, "angry Olusegun Obasanjo blasts Goodluck Jonathan...."

Obasanjo, while speaking at the launch of ‘Making Africa Work’, a book he co-authored, blasted Jonathan, over his failed promises to Nigerians, especially the promise of generating 40,000 MegaWatts of electricity.

“The problem with governments, is that they don’t want to engage in continuity. A government will be sworn in and the next thing you hear is ‘we are the first to, we will be the first to’ do this and that. So, I do ask myself, what do these ones want to do that hasn’t been done. Before I left government, I formed a team and sent them to different parts of the world, to understudy development of countries doing well.

“They came back, gave their report, and we formed National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS). We also had States and Local chapters. When Jonathan came in, they abandoned the programme. I was looking.

“Again, before I left, we were able to generate 4,000MW of electricity. We had laid out a plan to increase to 10,000MW in subsequent years. When they Jonathan came, they boasted that they will generate 40,000MW in 4 years. I said what! 40,000MW? Do these people even know what they are are talking about?

“I thought I should intervene by reminding them that I left a plan that could generate 10,000MW, which is more realistic. Then I sent someone, who I won’t disclose, to Jonathan. I said go and lecture this man. Let him know what is possible and what is not, so they don’t keep deceiving him.

“He still didn’t hear. At the end, he failed Nigerians on that promise, and others he made. How many megawatts did Nigeria have when he left office. It was actually lower, if you compare to what I left in 2007.”

This monumental leadership failure in Nigeria assumes many structures and styles from time to time. If he knew all these, why did he not implement them? Why wait till he left office to "advice them"?

Same could be asked about this present government, why condemn what you can't fix? Why deceive Nigeria into voting you to power (assuming they actually did) only to make things worse by doing exactly what you condemned and worst things?

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