Some Nigerians on social media have begun linking former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress Bola Tinubu as among those being asked by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to step aside from politics.
Atiku and Tinubu are vying for the presidential ticket of their various parties ahead of the 2023 general election.
According to Obasanjo on Monday, rather than compete, the old generation should collaborate with younger people and provide them with the requisite knowledge and experience to transform the country.
Obasanjo spoke as chairman at the virtual 2022 annual lecture of the Murtala Muhammed Foundation with the theme, ‘Beyond Boko Haram: Addressing insurgency, banditry and kidnapping across Nigeria’.
The former President said, “We need to have an intergenerational collaboration. (Kayode) Fayemi said he was in primary school when Murtala and Obasanjo were there. So, if people of the Murtala/Obasanjo era are competing with you as governor, then, something is wrong.
“The Murtala/Obasanjo group should be stepping aside. Whatever experience and knowledge we have, we should be able to give it to you and you should be able to give it to those coming after you, so that whatever you have, you are passing it down to those who are coming behind and not to start competing with you, but to make you have access to what will make Nigeria better.”
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