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‘Bad Government Responsible For Military Coups In Africa’ – Obasanjo
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday said bad governance is at the root of the recent coup d’etat sweeping through some African countries.
According to Obasanjo the practice of democracy without integrity bad governance, nepotism, and favouritism amidst sit-tight syndrome are fuelling the coup d’etat in Africa.
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Within the last two months, the military had taken over democratically elected governments in Gabon and Niger Republic citing poor leadership and mismanagement of the countries’ resources.
Obasanjo said that as much as he hated military rule having suffered untold hardship under the late military despot, General Sanni Abacha, when he was incarcerated for the 1995 phantom coup, the maladministration of the African leaders was, however, making the citizens seek alternative liberators beyond the government of the day, hence this gale of military coup.
The 86-year-old former President disclosed this at an interactive session on public service and governance held at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library with members of Africa for Africa Youth Initiative who came from Botswana, Benin, Ghana, South Africa, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
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Speaking on how to stem the tide of incessant coups and ensure political stability on the continent, the former military Head of State said, “If some of the things coming out from these former French colonial countries are true like the Malians saying they don’t want to have anything to do with France again, one might really be asking if France has ever granted these countries full independence.
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