Hold Governors Responsible for the Recession- Obasanjo

“I remember when I was in government and I told, particularly, the governors, ‘please let us save for the rainy days.’ They said no! “There was no rain at that time, now that the rain has come; there is nothing we can fall back on to cushion us.” Meanwhile, the former leader praised the secured nature of the pension scheme, adding that despite the many years of corruption in the Nigerian polity, the pension funds were not touched. “One of the things that make me very happy in the pension scheme is that in the last five years, when almost everything goes, concerning public funds, pension funds remain sacrosanct. I believe that the pension funds are something we must preserve, no matter what we do.”
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“I remember when I was in government and I told, particularly, the governors, ‘please let us save for the rainy days.’ They said no! “There was no rain at that time, now that the rain has come; there is nothing we can fall back on to cushion us.” Meanwhile, the former leader praised the secured nature of the pension scheme, adding that despite the many years of corruption in the Nigerian polity, the pension funds were not touched. “One of the things that make me very happy in the pension scheme is that in the last five years, when almost everything goes, concerning public funds, pension funds remain sacrosanct. I believe that the pension funds are something we must preserve, no matter what we do,”
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“I remember when I was in government and I told, particularly, the governors, ‘please let us save for the rainy days.’ They said no! “There was no rain at that time, now that the rain has come; there is nothing we can fall back on to cushion us.” Meanwhile, the former leader praised the secured nature of the pension scheme, adding that despite the many years of corruption in the Nigerian polity, the pension funds were not touched. “One of the things that make me very happy in the pension scheme is that in the last five years, when almost everything goes, concerning public funds, pension funds remain sacrosanct. I believe that the pension funds are something we must preserve, no matter what we do,”
Read more: https://www.naij.com/985047-finally-obasanjo-reacts-recession-names-responsible.html?utm_source=mailfire&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=reaction_pusher