Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has described the governor of Ebonyi state, Engineer Dave Umahi, as one of the strongest candidate for the presidency of the country should the south east region have the opportunity for the position.
Daily Sun reports that Obasanjo said this when he spoke to a delegation of Igbo leaders and Seriki Hausa, led by Eze Lawrence Eze, Ezendigbo Alimosho, who paid him a courtesy visit in Abeokuta, Ogun state.
The former president said Umahi is not only doing well in Ebonyi state, but, also, revolutionising and transforming the state.
According to Obasanjo, Umahi has laid necessary foundations for economic growth, human capital development and job creation.
“Nigerians have paid too great a price for the confusion, deception and disposition inflicted on them by leaders without sense of mission,” Obasanjo said adding that the crass nepotism of the present government as well as “its myopia and greed have resulted in no economic retardation.”
Speaking at the meeting, Olisachebe Hyacinth Ngwee, a member of the Ebonyi state delegation, said Umahi had touched lives positively in Ebonyi.
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