Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has congratulated Gen Buhari on his
victory today. In a
message released this evening, Chief Obasanjo asked the
President-in-waiting to be magnanimous in victory and also fight
corruption when he
assumes office.
"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, agri-business, 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. is blessed with 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 re-direction that will be imperative to put Nigeria back on
the fast lane of good governance, unity, cohesiveness, development and
progress. 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
” the statement read
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