Senator Iyabo Obasanjo, daughter of former President of Nigeria, has expressed her disappointment on the present administration and the current economic woes.
The senator lamented on the absence of the younger generation in the leadership of the country. She stated that the old people in the helms of affairs of Nigeria, need to leave in order to enable better and more efficient hands to run the nation.
Iyabo, who has served as a Commissioner for Health in Ogun state between 2003 and 2006, complained about the focus of the present administration in Oil and Gas.
According to her, Nigeria is yet to tap into their other resources to generate income to enable the flow of cash in the country.
Speaking on the state of the country under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, Iyabo said, “I have no idea but it is not only about the PDP, almost everything in the country is upside down”.
When asked if the country is truly experiencing positive change as promised by the APC, the former senator said,
“Twice recently I have come across interviews of the President (Muhammadu Buhari) and it seems his focus is just on oil and gas,” she said.
“Focusing on oil and gas, a natural resource we have no control over, is what got us to where we are and somehow he thinks it will get us out! The time of oil as a king commodity is past and never coming back.
“In the history of humanity, the commodity that becomes king changes from time to time. From the time of the OPEC formation in the early seventies till now, oil had been king.
“It will no longer be because if we continue using it at the rate we have in the last 100 years we will not have a planet. Countries that didn’t use their income from oil to generate other sources of income will be in dire straits, hence Nigeria’s economic woes.
“Taking oil for granted as if it would be at high prices forever is idiotic. Now if change means more focus on oil and gas as the President is saying, then obviously change has not come,” she said.