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Your Presidency Left Nigeria in Ruins, Tinubu Is Fixing It – Dare to Obasanjo
Special Adviser on Public Communication and Orientation to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Sunday Dare has strongly criticized former President Olusegun Obasanjo, accusing him of presiding over Nigeria’s most corrupt administration.
Dare’s remarks, made on his X (formerly Twitter) handle, were in response to comments by Obasanjo, who recently described Nigeria under Tinubu as suffering from “widespread corruption, poor leadership, and immorality.”
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Obasanjo, who served as president from 1999 to 2007, made the remarks during a speech at Yale University, claiming that poor governance under Tinubu was driving the nation toward failure.
However, Dare dismissed these claims, accusing Obasanjo of hypocrisy and questioning his legacy.
In a series of posts, Dare attacked Obasanjo’s credibility, describing him as a leader whose administration was marked by corruption and failed initiatives.
“Former President Obasanjo is a man with a tremendous capacity for mischief, and Nigerians know it.
“His journey along the path of hallucinations has never been in doubt, so is his descent into muddling facts, forgetting that he ran a Presidency on record as the most corrupt. His recent diatribe at Yale University lacks sincerity,” Dare wrote.
Dare specifically pointed to allegations of mismanagement under Obasanjo, referencing a controversial $16 billion power project initiated during his presidency, which critics claim failed to deliver tangible results.
“We all know what happened under his watch and how, up till the present moment, there has been no explanation as to how he wasted a whopping $16 billion in generating megawatts of darkness across the nation,” Dare said.
He also accused Obasanjo of undermining Nigeria’s democracy through his push for a third term in office, a move that was widely criticized and ultimately failed.
“Democracy suffered mortal wounds under his watch, only capped by his murderous rage for an ill-fated third term,” Dare added.
Dare framed Tinubu’s administration as one working to address the systemic failures left behind by past governments, including Obasanjo’s.
He urged Nigerians to focus on the progress being made under Tinubu’s leadership.
“The point here is that Obasanjo should take time off this habit of pulling down leaders, especially his successors, and try to interrogate himself on how he has contributed to the parlous state of the Nigerian nation which President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is now spiritedly battling to put back on the track of development,” Dare wrote.
Invoking a Yoruba proverb, Dare likened Obasanjo’s criticism to “market noise” that should be ignored, encouraging Nigerians to support Tinubu’s “Renewed Hope Agenda.”
“In this market called Nigeria, the man with the renewed hope agenda is the one that matters, and indeed Nigerians. Everything else is ariwo oja [market noise]. This administration will stay focused on bringing relief to Nigerians,” he stated.
Dare also commended Tinubu’s reforms, describing them as vital steps toward a better future for the country.
“President Tinubu will stay the course in seeing through the reforms he has instituted for a better Nigeria,” Dare assured.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed retired Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas as the military administrator of Rivers State following the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Ngozi Odu, and all elected members of the state House of Assembly.
The announcement came during a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday amid heightened political tension in the oil-rich South-South state.
Tinubu said the suspension would last for an initial period of six months.
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“By this declaration, the Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Mrs. Ngozi Odu, and all elected members of the House of Assembly of Rivers State are hereby suspended for an initial period of six months,” the President stated.
Ibas, a former Chief of Naval Staff who served from July 2015 to January 2021, will take charge of the state’s affairs.
Tinubu clarified that the judiciary remains unaffected and will continue to function as mandated by the constitution.
“The Administrator will not make any new laws. He will, however, be free to formulate regulations as may be found necessary to do his job, but such regulations will need to be considered and approved by the Federal Executive Council and promulgated by the President for the state,” Tinubu added.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Mrs. Ngozi Odu, and all elected members of the state House of Assembly for an initial period of six months.
Tinubu made the announcement in a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday, citing undisclosed reasons for the decision.
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“By this declaration, the Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Mrs. Ngozi Odu, and all elected members of the House of Assembly of Rivers State are hereby suspended for an initial period of six months,” the President stated.
The suspension comes amid ongoing political tensions in Rivers State.
More updates to follow…
In what political watchers perceive as part of efforts to discomfit and scatter the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the feeling that its National Working Committee (NWC) antagonises him, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has revoked the rights to occupy the land on which the party’s national secretariat, Abuja is sited.
Biztelers reports that Wike’s revocation notice was conveyed in a letter released in Abuja on Tuesday, dated March 13, 2025.
The letter was titled, “Notice of right of occupancy with file no: MISC 81346 in respect of plot no: 243 within central area district, Abuja.”
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The letter was signed by the Director, Land Administration (FTC), Chijioke Nwankwoeze.
Wike, it was gathered predicated his action on the PDP’s failure to pay the annual ground rents due on the property for twenty (20) years, from January 1, 2006, to January 1, 2025.
The negligence on the part of the opposition party, the letter claimed was despite many publications in several national dailies and electronic media to pay up every outstanding bill and ground rent on its property.
The letter read, “I have been directed to refer to the above Right of Occupancy granted to PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP), NATIONAL SECRETARIAT and inform you that the Minister of Federal Capital Territory has in the exercise of powers conferred on him under the Land Use Act No. 6 of 1978, Cap. L5, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, revoked your rights, interests and privileges over Plot No. 243 within Central Area, Cadastral Zone A00, Abuja.
“The revocation is in view of your continued contravention of the terms and conditions of grant of the Right of Occupancy by failing to pay the annual ground rents due on the property for twenty (20) years, from Ist of January 2006 to 1st of January 2025. This is despite the many publications made by the FCT Administration since 2023 in several national dailies and on electronic media requesting all allottees of plots in the Federal Capital Territory to pay up every outstanding bill and ground rent on their property.
“You would please note that the said breaches by PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP), NATIONAL SECRETARIAT (MISC 81346) run contrary to the provisions of Section 28, Subsection 5 (a) and (b) of the Land Use Act.”
There are palpable fears that the PDP’s national secretariat might be demolished or vandalised, sooner than later because Wike added that the FCTA administration would take immediate possession of the party secretariat until all bills are settled.
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