Why I Made My Letters to Jonathan Public – Obasanjo…Defends Launch of New Book

Why I Made My Letters to Jonathan Public – Obasanjo…Defends Launch of New Book

Former Nigeria President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo cutting the tape at the 

presentation of ‘My Watch’- A Memoir by Olusegun Obasanjo

Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday said he was prompted to write his new book, “My Watch”, not to castigate anyone but to point out the wrongs in the polity so that Nigerians may find solutions to them.

The book was formally presented to the public on Tuesday despite a court order restraining him from going ahead with the publication of the book.

He noted that the book had been in circulation before the public presentation yesterday, arguing that he had not flouted any law or court order with the public presentation of the book.

from right, former President/Author, Olsegun Obasanjo and his wife Bola with Prof. Olu Akinkugbe, 

presenting the book Tittle My Watch- A Memoir by Olusegun Obasanjo

On his letter to his estranged godson, President Goodluck Jonathan, Oabasanjo said he chose to make his letters to the president public because he had refused to address issues often stated in them.

Obasanjo said, Jonathan’s inability to act on national matters in his personal letters to him was frustrating and there was no other channel to bare his mind than the public communication.

The former president said despite the exigencies of office, he often found time to respond to his predecessors’ observations and remarks on the state of the nation while in office as president.

 

“But, this has not been so. And since there is no other way to put across my position, I think public communication is appropriate to do so. During my tenure, my predecessors always wrote to me too. And as much as possible I did respond either in action or replied to their letters,” Obasanjo said.

Source : Abusidiqu