The N15.6 trillion Lagos-Calabar Coastal highway project has been labelled as “wasteful” and “corrupt” disbursement according to Olusegun Obasanjo (the former head of state and president of Nigeria). This criticism has also condemned the President Ahmed Bola Tinubu administration’s decision to spend N21 billion on a new official residence for Vice President Kashim Shettima, hereby calling it a “misplaced priority” and a means to misappropriate public funds. These views were expressed in the former president’s new book titled, “Nigeria: Past and Future,” where he painted a vivid picture of the characters and actions of chief executives at both federal and state levels. The book was publicized to mark his 88th birthday. In the book the former president in a statement asked the question, “How do you explain the situation of a chief executive, a governor, whose business was owing the banks billions of naira and millions of dollars before becoming a governor and within two years o...
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