Former
President Olusegun Obasanjo has written the President elect, Gen Buhari a
letter. In the letter, Chief Obasanjo charged Gen. Buhari to embark on
reforming all of Nigeria’s national institutions, particularly the military.
The full text of the letter below…
I hasten
to congratulate you on your success and victory in the Presidential Elections
of March 28, 2015. Your success and victory after three previous unsuccessful
attempts must be great object lessons for you and for all politicians,
particularly in Nigeria. For me, the totality of 2015 elections hold many
lessons for our democracy and democratisation process, which are both maturing.
On this occasion, the system has been unnecessarily overheated before and
particularly during the campaigns when emphasis was more on trivialities and
hate, divisive, undignifying and disrespectful statements and comments rather
than on pressing issues requiring attention.
I know
that in victory, you will be magnanimous to start binding the wounds and
bitterness occasioned by the campaign and the evil disciples.
With so
much harm already done to many national institutions including the military,
which proudly nurtured you and me, you will have a lot to do on institution
reform, education, healthcare, economy, security, infrastructure, power, youth
employment, agribusiness, oil and gas, external affairs, cohesiveness of our
nation and ridding our land of corruption.
Your
varied and wide experience will undoubtedly stand you in good stead. I am also
sure that there are men and women of goodwill, character and virtue across the
board that you can mobilise to join hands with you in the reform, repairs and
redirection that will be imperative to put Nigeria back on the fast lane of
good governance, unity, cohesiveness, development and progress.
Once
again, I felicitate with you and wish you well
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