The former Governor of Anambra
State, Mr. Peter Obi, has again called for constructive engagement, stressing
that it is a panacea to the restiveness sweeping across the country. He
stressed this while answering questions during an interactive session with some
journalists in Lagos, yesterday.
Obi, who traced the problems in the
country to what he called “leadership failure” over the years said: “What we
are going through now is a cumulative result of several years of leadership
failure, poor choices at various facets of our country. Recession is only an
aggravating factor.”
He regretted that progressively, the
youth became misdirected as they had to take as their role models, failed and
incompetent leaders who have messed up the country by foisting distorted values
on the people.
Obi said that urgent steps are
needed to be taken to save the country from a worse situation. He therefore
called for genuine restructuring of the country in a manner that will offer
hope and sense of belonging to all sections of the country.
Expressing satisfaction with the
present engagement with the people by the Acting President, Prof. Yemi
Osinanjo, Obi urged him to go many nudges higher by engaging directly with
those involved in various agitations, insisting that the people have lost confidence
on those that pretend to speak for them.
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