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"The Foundation of Elections in Nigeria is Corruption" – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo Reveals

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the foundation of elections in Nigeria is corruption.

According to Vanguard , former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday, lamented that the foundation of election in Nigeria is corrupt while calling on Christians to participate in politics to make it clean. He believes that only the Christians can make Nigerian politics clean.

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo said that, elections in Nigeria is based on corruption while speaking at the Gospel Faith Mission convention today, 12th August 2023, as a guest speaker, on the theme the role of the church in nation-building at a time like this.

He also urged the audience to stick to the values of Jesus Christ and ask themselves all the time, ‘What will Christ do if He finds himself in the circumstances that I find myself?

He said that, ”The foundation of election in Nigeria is corruption and you cannot make corruption the foundation of anything for it to be good.

@statesmanblog said that, “Former president Olusegun Obasanjo, believes that, Nigeria cannot achieve anything good if the foundation is based on corruption. And he also urges the Christians to participate more in Political affairs in order to make it clean. What do you think about this?

Although, former President Olusegun Obasanjo also said that politics should not ordinarily be dirty. Those who participate in politics make it dirty.

According to him, it is those people who participate in politics that are making it dirty. Do you believe that the Christians will make politics in Nigeria clean?

In addition, ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo also said, “Food without salt is stale. The church is meant to flavour it’s environment. A church that cannot play its role has lost its saltiness. Christ has chosen us to bring forth fruits and that our fruits should abide.”

@statesmanblog said that, “I believe what the former president said about food without salt is tastless. What do you think about this statement?

According to him, only the church and the Christians can save the country (Nigeria).

Drop your comments below, thank you.

Source: Vanguard .

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