DSS operatives deny lawmakers entry into National Assembly complex
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Nigeria’s politics has gone low after the invasion of National Assembly by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS).
Obasanjo noted this on Thursday in Ibadan in Oyo State at the lecture entitled “The challenges in Ethics in National Development” at the University College Hospital (UCH).
“Emphasis on socioeconomic development was limited only to self, families, clans, region before the nation in that order, so much so that the all-important matters of state were subverted. Nigeria has been established, but we are yet to establish and build Nigerians,” Obasanjo said.
“The real socioeconomic issues that could impact on the people directly for their welfare and well being are handled with levity and with discriminating political considerations.
“Let nobody deceive us, economy feeds on politics and because our politics is depressing, our economy is even more depressing today.”
He added that “What occured at the National Assembly on Tuesday, August 7th, 2018, and which has been roundly condemned is an indication of how low our politics and our democracy have been taken.
“Our constitution is very clear; one of the cardinal responsibilities of the President is the management of the economy of which the value of the naira forms an integral part.”