By Alaine Elizabeth, Hamzat Oluwasayo and Ann Mamilor

Micheal Emiko Agboghoroma
It beats my imagination that the  two former rulers could issue a joint statement on the current state of insecurity in the country, while also urging Nigerians not to lose hope, give in to frustration, fear or despair as a result of the rising cases of terrorism in the country occasioned by the activities of the Islamic group, Boko-Haram. Both ex-rulers do not have any justification to advise Nigerians on the best way to move the country forward because they were the initiators of the failed state called Nigeria.

Obasanjo as a democratically elected president ran an inept regime and, by the time he left office, Nigeria had to grapple with corruption, bad roads, epileptic power supply and total breakdown of infrastructure. Babangida in his own case should just shut his mouth as Nigerians are wiser and understand his antics and body language. During his regime, he underdeveloped the country with his introduction of the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) that impoverished  Nigerians. Under his administration, corruption thrived, while morality and discipline were thrown to the dogs. Obasanjo and Babangida are pretenders and should not be taken serious because they never meant well for the country when they were in power. President Goodluck Jonathan should listen to the masses who voted him into power.

Miss Adaugo Iroajanma
Jonathan was once a vice president, so he is supposed to have known the state of the country before he became president. Though I think  it is not a bad idea for Obasanjo and Babangida to advise the president as they all have seen the crucial state of the country, when you look at the situation of things,  you will agree that the president is not performing and I believe most people are unhappy about  insecurity in the country which has become a nightmare.

Mr.  Hamzat
I don’t think they are in the right position to advise Jonathan. Babangida was one of the most unpopular leaders Nigeria ever had. His administration allegedly institutionalised fraud, annulled one of the freest and fairest elections Nigeria has ever had, engaged in political detention, extra-judicial killings and so on.

Obasanjo is basically a dictator. One unique thing about them is that they both had long tenures to fix the country, but they failed woefully. Their prescriptions to Jonathan will definitely yield the same wrong results.

Mr. Adedayo Durojaiye
No, I don’t think they should be advising Jonathan. Obasanjo and Babangida did their best during their tenures, but we want Nigeria to be better than how it was years back. Besides, military and democracy rulership are entirely different from each other, so why should Jonathan seek advice from Obasanjo or Babangida?  I believe there is still hope for Nigeria,no matter what.

Funmilola Olukoya
I doubt if they can do better  than the president is doing.
Somto Mceze

They should not be the ones that should be advising President Jonathan because they didn’t do well during their time. They both presided over the moral and financial ruination of Nigeria which gave rise to current vices.