[Mhiz Rebecca]

Okorocha gave me the worst advice during my
presidency – ObasanjoFormer President,
Olusegun Obasanjo, has jokingly blamed
Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, for
“all the bad things” that happened to the
country during his tenure between 1999 and
2007.
Obasanjo was speaking in Owerri, at the
graduation ceremony of students of Rochas
Foundation
He said the worst advice he got while in office
was from Okorocha, one of his then advisers.
“As you may all know, Rochas was one of the
advisers I had when I was president,” he said.
“All the bad things that happened to this
country under my presidency was advised by
Rochas Okorocha,” he said.
Obasanjo however extolled the qualities of the
Governor, who he said never ceased to
surprise him.
“He (Okorocha) has never stopped to surprise
me. He is a man of vision, of ideas. He is a
thinking man. And when he explained to me
his ideas about education, what he has done, I
was marvelled. I doff my hat for you,
Okorocha.
“Let me say this, the beginning of the
development for any country is education. And
the extent that we take education seriously,
that is the extent that we take development
seriously.
“Rochas is not just dealing with education; he
is dealing with education for the
underprivileged in general. Which means that
if the poor and the underprivileged will rise
above their disadvantaged position, it is only
through education.
“And with what I have seen today, I have no
regret at all to accept his offer for me to be
part of this wonderful programme and
wonderful development agenda to our country
and for our continent,” he added.
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