A former Presidential Special Adviser on Political Matters, Babafemi Ojudu, has faulted the leadership style of ex-President, Muhammadu Buhari.
Recall that Osinbajo had contested for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket in 2022 but lost to the eventual winner, President Bola Tinubu.
Naija News reports that Ojudu, while featuring on veteran journalist, Edmund Obilo’s podcast, State Affairs, on Monday, said Buhari never backed former Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo’s presidential ambition. …CONTINUE READING
He said Buhari never backed Osinbajo because he was not a visionary. He, however, described Buhari as a patriot and an incorruptible leader.
Asked why Buhari didn’t back Osinbajo for the presidency, Ojudu said: “I think Buhari wasn’t a visionary. I was a very big admirer of Buhari because of what I saw in his first term and because of his attitude, pattern, and lifestyle.
“But coming up close, I didn’t see much of vision; it’s unfortunate, I’m saying [this]. He is a patriot of Nigeria and he’s incorruptible. Take it from me, his needs are few. Those are good qualities but they are not enough when you are a leader. You have to design good vision and that’s what makes us celebrate Awolowo today; he was a visionary.”
Recall that Osinbajo had contested for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket in 2022 but lost to the eventual winner, President Bola Tinubu.
Meanwhile, former presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, has refuted reports suggesting that the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) revoked a plot of land belonging to Buhari.
Shehu clarified that the land was lawfully acquired for the Muhammadu Buhari Foundation by associates of the former leader and not owned by Buhari personally.
He explained that the land was allocated to the Foundation, established by Buhari’s supporters and associates, with full legal backing.
Shehu revealed that the Foundation faced challenges with the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) over what was described as an exorbitant certificate of occupancy fee.
He claimed the fee was unusually high compared to what similar organisations were charged.
While the reasons for the FCTA’s revocation remain unclear, Shehu suggested it might be an administrative error or an intentional act.
Osinbajo is the best President Nigeria has not had.
Buhari did an incalculable damage to his image and legacy by not endorsing Osinbajo at the Primaries, and everyone is regretting the dire straits that Nigeria is in due to poor choice of leadership.
Buhari failed the critical test of leadership by not ensuring that he left Nigeria in capable hands and betraying his deputies for primordial, religious and sectional reasons, a posture he must surely be regretting now.
He is never a visionary leader he is so myopic and he new what he did
Very poor thinking.
The hatred of Tinubu and a deep lack of knowledge on nation growth, or even personal development and the ever present desire for miraculous growth by Nigerians have befuddled so many from seeing the drive, the objectives, the goals and eventually growth that would result from the present administration policies and interventions
Nigerians expect to reap without work, without sowing, without sweat. They want manna. Shame