Obasanjo Laments Deplorable Conditions of Roads in Nigeria

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday lamented the deplorable conditions of roads in the country, saying it was impeding movements of citizens in the pursuit of their businesses.

Obasanjo spoke while making a brief comment at a lecture delivered by Chief Mike Ozekhome titled: ‘The Place of Education in a crisis-ridden Nigeria,’ to mark the 10th convocation ceremony of the Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti(ABUAD).

Explaining his lateness to the convocation lecture in his brief speech at the occasion, the former President said: “kindly accept my apologies for coming late to this ceremony. I thought if I leave Abeokuta at 4.30am, I will get to ABUAD at 10am. But when we got to the middle of the journey, the conditions of our roads were bad.

“We started asking which was the best route to take to get to Ado Ekiti. It was tough before we could get here, kindly pardon me.”

He praised the university’s founder, Chief Afe Babalola for replicating and surpassing in ABUAD, what he did at the University of Lagos, when he appointed him the Pro -Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council of the university saying: “I am proud to associate with ABUAD.”