By Favour Ifeoluwa & Akinola Ajibade The Chief Executive Officer, Egbin Power Plc, Mr Mohktar Bounour says global transition to cleaner energ and sustainable environment are achievable, as long as there is strong synergy and commitment among stakeholders in the value chain. He spoke during the maiden edition of Asharami Square in Lagos. This is an initiative introduced and implemented by the Sahara Group, in order to amplify discourse on energy sustainability through media advocacy globally. He said: " Having analyzed the percentage of global greenhouse emissions attributed to sectors including electricity/heat production, agriculture/forestry and transportation, we are realised that there is need for synergy and renewed commitment among stakeholders". According to him, Egbin Power has unwavering commitment to reduce carbon emissions and promotes sustainable energy sources, stressing that the need to depeening engagement and advocacy among stakeholders in
Nigeria's former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is highly hypocritical in the ways and manners, in which handles socio-economic and political issues in Nigeria, the Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof Itse Sagay has said.
Sagay said this, while reacting to a recent letter, which Chief Obasanjo wrote in support and endorsement of Mr Peter Obi for the February 2023' presidential election.
He said:" I think Obasanjo is a hypocrite in many ways. He tries to show off as he was the best thing that ever happened to Nigeria, even though under his regime, we had a lot of setbacks. While he was in office, he himself wanted a third term which would have been a breach of our democratic practice and renewal.
Adding that: " Another thing I have always said about Obasanjo is that he doesn’t control himself. He is a retired Head of State and very well respected elder statesman who is on telephone terms with the presidency. If he has anything to say, he can always call him and discuss with him.
Concerning the letter written to Peter Obi, Sagay said that Obasanjo has no right to order Nigerians to vote for a particular person, adding that the retired general has outlived his terms.
He said:" Certainly, Obasanjo has gone beyond that level. He should just keep quiet and let Nigerians decide. He should not be partisan. He should be above all that. I feel he is lowering himself to the level of politicians by doing what he is doing. We have former leaders like Yakubu Gowon and Abdulsalami Abubakar. They don’t do what Obasanjo is doing. They all respect themselves. I think Obasanjo should not think that he knows everything and his opinion is the best. He should stop behaving as if he is a hanging president of Nigeria which he is not. So, if find his recent actions reprehensible and he should show some restraint in his public attitude because he is a very senior person in this country.
Continuing further, the former University of Benin law lecturer noted that Obasanjo wanted to go for third term during his adminstration as the President, but denied that he was not interested in the position
" That is not true. He wanted third term and did everything to get it but he failed. The national assembly refused his agenda. We all watched it on television then when it happened. The president of the Senate then, Ken Nnamani put the question to the senators on the amendment of the constitution but not a single person supported it. So, Obasanjo should stop trying to rewrite history. We have forgiven him. He is a man I have some respect for particularly the way he is still acting, not in terms of politics but as a human being.
Obasanjo, he said, travels a lot on election monitoring and peace mission across the world, a development, which according to him, made most people to admire him.
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