{"id":245247,"date":"2023-01-30T04:42:32","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T03:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=245247"},"modified":"2023-01-30T04:42:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T03:42:32","slug":"2023-were-dancing-on-precipice-obasanjo-expresses-concern-over-state-of-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/01\/30\/2023-were-dancing-on-precipice-obasanjo-expresses-concern-over-state-of-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"2023: &#8216;We&#8217;re dancing on precipice&#8217; \u2013 Obasanjo expresses concern over state of Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the current state of Nigeria is a deep source of worry to him, adding that the country is &#8216;dancing on the precipice&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/01\/26\/political-campaigns-in-nigeria-replete-with-insults-falsehoods-obasanjo\/\">The former president<\/a> said this on Saturday in a statement while felicitating the Federal Government College, Kaduna, on its 50th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>He said government appointments are based on \u201cfavouritism\u201d and not on merit or competence<\/p>\n<p>He said the economic situation in the country has increased hardship, insecurity, and affected the quality of leadership.<\/p>\n<p>According to Obasanjo, leaders are more concerned about their selfish interests than the country\u2019s survival, adding that the religious tensions in the country have been intentionally instigated by politicians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce again, our nation is dancing on the precipice and some of us are truly worried about the state of affairs today. I expressed that worry in my open letter to Nigerians and Nigerian youths on New Year\u2019s Day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I stated in the letter; \u2018If we fall prey again, we will have ourselves to blame and no one can say how many more knocks Nigeria can take before it tips over. To be forewarned is to be fore-armed.\u2019 Of course, I pray that Nigeria will never tip over. We must constantly work at it and pray.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy worry is premised on a number of issues. First, I am concerned that the current state of our nation\u2019s economy has widened the gulf of inequality and left many people in despair. Inflation is on the rise; poverty and hardship have returned to many households. The last decade has reversed many of the economic gains that were made in the first decade of the century. There is a general sense of hopelessness across the nation with seemingly uncontrollable insecurity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition to the economic hardship is political mischief. Never have we been so politically divided along religious, ethnic and other fault lines and deliberately so. Appointments in government are skewed and lopsided on basis of nepotism and mediocrity and disregard of merit and competence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the current state of Nigeria is a deep source of worry to him, adding that the country is &#8216;dancing on the precipice&#8217;. The former president said this on Saturday in a statement while felicitating the Federal Government College, Kaduna, on its 50th anniversary. 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