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The lice of poor performance in government ―OBJ

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OBASANJO stated this in an open letter titled “The Way Out A clarion call for Nigeria Movement”, Special Press Statement, made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, on Tuesday, in Abeokuta.

‘There is a Yoruba saying that ‘when lice abound in your clothes, your fingernails will never be dried of blood’. When I was in the village, to make sure that lice die, you put them between two fingernails and press hard to ensure they die and they always leave blood stains on the fingernails. To ensure you do not have blood on your fingernails, you have to ensure that lice are not harboured anywhere within your vicinity.

The lice of poor performance in government – Poverty, insecurity, poor economic management, nepotism, gross dereliction of duty, condonation of misdeed – if not outright encouragement of it, lack of progress and hope for the future, lack of national cohesion and poor management of internal political dynamics and widening inequality – are very much with us today. With such lice of general and specific poor performance and crying poverty with us, our fingers will not be dry of ‘blood’.

He said the nation needs to move on in view of the various challenges confronting her.

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