Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Public Communication and Orientation, Sunday Dare, has slammed former president Olusegun Obasanjo over his recent remarks at Yale University concerning the state of Nigeria’s democracy and has accused the former president of being largely responsible for the abysmal state of the economy in the country.

In a statement on his social media handle ‘X’, Dare stated that Nigeria’s democracy suffered serious setbacks under former president Obasanjo’s watch and his ill-advised bid for a third term.

Dare claimed that successive administrations struggled to rectify the damage left by Obasanjo and that President Tinubu is now making significant progress in addressing these issues.

Recall that Obasanjo, had, recently, in his keynote lecture titled, “Leadership failure and the state of corruption in Nigeria”, delivered at the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum at Yale University, opined that Nigeria is a ‘failing state’ under President Tinubu’s watch.

But Dare in a swift reaction to the statement lambasted Obasanjo claiming the former president had lost any moral authority to criticise the current government, and that he should apologise to Nigerians for failing to lay the necessary infrastructure for the country’s advancement.

He said, “Democracy suffered mortal wounds under his watch, only exacerbated by his destructive obsession with an ill-fated third-term bid.
“He is a man with a tremendous capacity for mischief, and Nigerians know it.
“His journey down the path of delusion has always been apparent, as has his descent into distorting facts, forgetting that he presided over a presidency that was among the most corrupt in history. His recent comments at Yale University lack sincerity.

Dare reminded the former president that he was yet to successfully account for the $ 16 billion he spent on generating ‘megawatts of darkness’ across the nation.