Ibekimi Oriamaja Reports
Former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has called former President Olusegun Obasanjo the greatest Nigerian alive or dead.
On Saturday, Omokri took to Twitter to ask the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to consider including Obasanjo’s image on one of the redesigned naira notes.
Omokri stated that during his presidency, Obasanjo contributed significantly to the nation by repaying all foreign debts and establishing democracy in Nigeria and the rest of Africa.
In addition, the former Presidential aide argued that Obasanjo should be honored by the Federal Government for his role in brokering a peace deal in Ethiopia.
“I appeal to the Central Bank of Nigeria to consider including President Obasanjo’s image on the redesigned naira,” he wrote. He is the greatest Nigerian, both alive and dead. He and Atiku paid off all of our foreign debts. He established democracy and is now bringing peace to Ethiopia.
“Obasanjo ended the Nigerian Civil War, the Liberian Civil War, and has now ended the Ethiopia-Tigray Civil War, and someone is saying that the CBN should not put him (his image) on the redesigned naira note because he is still alive?” Nonsense!
“While Mandela was still alive, South Africa put his image on their currency.” The currency of the Benin Republic features living Olympians. Many other countries’ currencies feature living people. President Obasanjo deserves this award for his contributions to Nigeria and Africa!”
Following a meeting in South Africa, the Ethiopian government agreed to end the two-year conflict with rebel forces in the country’s northern Tigray region on Wednesday.
The meeting was called by the African Union (AU) through Obasanjo, the AU’s lead envoy on the issue.
Other AU envoys include former Kenyan Preside6nt Uhuru Kenyatta and former South African Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka.
