DevTrain Ng - INNOVATION AWARD WINNER AfricaSan5

Obasanjo had many faults, incompetence was not one of them. It breaks my heart to see APC sycophants try to belittle his unbeaten records. Aremu is not anyone’s mate. He took the fight straight to the political class. He never fought the middle class & the vulnerable. In fact, he grew the middle class that APC decimated. Teachers were buying cars on his watch. Today, many bankers, lawyers, doctors, nurses & engineers, can no longer afford a tokunbo. Many of your celebs who are millennials returned home (on his watch). Nefertiti returned as well. Only to Japa again, in 2016. Nollywood & Afrobeats took-off on his watch. On Baba’s Watch? It was Exodus Back Home like no other. This is why I’m bullish on Peter Obi. He is the only man that will reenact ‘Japada;’ that Great Nigerian Exodus back home. Obi will do what he says on the tin. Nigeria needs a charismatic president, someone who can rub shoulders with Modi, Putin, Xi & Macron, as equal. You need someone who is his own man, not a puppet. Obasanjo got you the Paris Club debt forgiveness, & paid off your debt. He unlocked the GSM Revolution & Banking Reforms. He made appointments strictly on merit. Once you were competent? You were hired. He didn’t bother about tribe nor religion, unlike APC. He gave you Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Professor Dora Akunyili of blessed memory. Madam Oby Ezekwesili, Chief Olusegun Aganga, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, Chukwuemeka Chikelu, Frank Nweke Jr., Tonie Iredia, Professor Jerry Gana, & a host of other statesmen & women making Nigeria proud. On his foreign trips, Nigeria was seen. We were the most conspicuous in the room. Obasanjo paraded a fine array of technocrats that grew your economy (from military obscurity, to one of the fastest growing economies in the world). The amazing feat the (All Pandemic Congress) did not only derail, but stopped in its tracks. He gave your Foreign Policy & Passport, new blood. Middle class Nigerians could travel to many countries with your Green Passport. He created the EFCC, ICPC, CPS, NDDC, ECA & many institutions that survived. On his watch, the political class were put on straight & narrow. No one dared derailed the National Agenda. OBJ had a Dream that was “Economic Nigeria;” he pursued it the way he saw fit. He reinvigorated the National Orientation Agency (NOA); many of us can still remember the jingles. He created the atmosphere of PRIDE that filtered in, & remained in the air. He gave the millennials a sense of new pride. As a millennial, if you didn’t make it with OBJ, you won’t make it with APC. It's that simple! On OBJ’s Watch? You could see the pathway to growth. He didn't stifle businesses with his reforms. Everyone followed with keen interest. I know that people like to politicize our History. But not on my watch. Obasanjo met an almost empty purse, no thanks to the White Bearded General from Minna. Tinubu has no excuse! Read my pinned tweet, I said so much since Feb 2022; way before Peter Obi's Declaration. My job here is to keep setting the records straight. “Obasanjo was & is still the finest you had. YES! I say these things with apologies to no one.” None of us can count the things that man achieved. He built your National Stadium & hosted International tournaments. He built 10 integrated Power Plants, with 7 completed. He sold your Refineries to Dangote. UMY came & reversed the sale. Although the NSCDC was created in 1967, it wasn’t until 2003 (when it was formally recognized by Parliament). OBJ’s catalogue is extensive, no one comes close. He is no Saint, but he did Nigeria right.