Nigeria in a bad situation – Obasanjo

A meeting between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and five Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) governors at Obasanjo’s residence, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, has ended with the former President saying Nigeria is in a “bad situation.” Obasanjo, who addressed reporters said the situation of the country is bad, but added that it is “not irretrievably bad if there the will and courage to do the right thing at the right time.” The former president said he deliberated with the governors on “issues affecting the country- the security and the economy among others. He added that as Nigerians, “we have no other country except Nigeria.” Obasanjo said one does not have to be World Bank economist or the International Monetary Fund(IMF) expert to discern that the nation’s economy is ailing and require the will and courage by the managers not only to tell the nation the truth, but also the way out. The five governors who met Obasanjo – Liyel Imoke (Cross River), Isa Yuguda (Bauchi), Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Babangida Aliu (Niger) and Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom). The governors were led to the meeting by Akpabio, who is the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum. They arrived Obasanjo’s Presidential Hill -Top Estate by 12:40pm, and met for over three hours with their host.