Jonathan Did More Than Obasanjo - Ndi Igbo President

Elder statesman and President of Ndigbo Lagos,
Professor Anya O. Anya, yesterday, declared that the
immediate past government of Goodluck Jonathan
was better than that of Olusegun Obasanjo.
Anya made the statement at Sam Ohuabunwa’s
Outreach, in Lagos, to mark the 65th birthday of
Ohuabunwa, former chairman of Neimeth
Pharmaceuticals.
Speaking at the event, Anya who chaired the
occasion, said it was sad that Nigerians were yet
to learn from history, stressing that it would be
unfair for anyone to rate Obasanjo above Jonathan.
His words, “Unfortunately in Nigeria, we are all in a
haste to pronounce opinion and we take opinion as
if it is the truth.
“The past government has been heavily criticized
but this past government was not worse than the
government before it. In fact, the immediate past
government was better than the one before it.
Sadly, those criticizing past government are those
who were in Obasanjo’s government.
“Once upon a time, history was a very important
subject in the Nigerian education system, it got to
a point when history is no longer there. If we don’t
learn to stand on the shoulders of those who went
before us, we cannot build as an individual, you
cannot build as a community and as a nation.
“When you listen to our people, especially the
politicians, it is as if we have learnt nothing. God
has been very kind to this country. It is not easy
to see whether there is any common value that
Nigerian leaders have which is why today you hear
one thing and the next day, you hear the opposite.
“The problem now is that we are now trying to
build a nation. We don’t have a nation but whether
we like it or not, a nation is going to emerge out of
Nigeria. And it is going to be from the
contributions of Sam and all of us putting our
individual experiences on the table and drawing
lessons and teaching the lessons to others.
“When people put down their experiences, it keeps
others informed and when you collect them, it
gives you an idea of the society’s experience and
from there, you can write the history of that nation.
A nation without a history cannot learn lessons and
build on those lessons, and the nation will be in
trouble.
“This is what is happening to Nigeria today. A
great nation is built by succession of generation of
giants. Each generation of giants stand on the
shoulders of past giants and the nation
moves forward”.