Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday attacked President Muhammadu Buhari over his plan to borrow $30 billion to solve short-term challenges. Speaking at the first Akintola Williams Lecture in Lagos, Obasanjo said it did not indicate deep thinking, noting that rather it was a reflection of a desire to solve short-term issues to the detriment of medium and long-term goals. He also lampooned Buhari for continually blaming his predecessors for the nation’s woes, noting that the time had come for him to take full charge of the economy and correct its dwindling fortunes. “Now that we have had change because the actors and the situation needed to be changed, let us move forward to have progress through a comprehensive economic policy and programme that is intellectually, strategically and philosophically based,” Obasanjo said. “It is easier to win an election than to right the wrongs of a badly fouled situation. When you are outside, what you see and know are nothing compared with the reality. “And yet once you are on seat, you have to clear the mess and put the nation on the path of rectitude, development and progress leaving no group or section out of your plan, programme and policy and efforts. The longer it takes, the more intractable the problem may become.” He also praised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and ICPC for fighting corruption but urged them to work harder. He also called for the prosecution of federal lawmakers accused of padding the 2016 budget.
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