Former Governor of Jigawa State, Alh Sule Lamido on Monday paid a courtesy visit to the former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his Presidential library, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Lamido who said the visit was a routine one condemned the level of Poverty in the country calling for immediate intervention from government.
He said poverty Is written on the faces of many Nigerans, including the working class saying that the government need to look for ways to ameliorate the situation.
"The situation of the country is best likened to that of journalists, all I can see on your faces and the larger percentage of Nigerans including the working class is poverty".
The former Jigawa state governor said he visited the former President to seek his fatherly advice and guardians over his Presidential ambition but added that his take on Nigeria is what he could see on the faces of journalists and other Nigerans.
On his visit, he said “In Nigeria, when they say who is baba’s son? They say it is Sule Lamido and as a result of this, I have only come to my father to seek guardians and as well talk about Nigeria and to still tap from his wisdom about Nigeria.
When asked of his take on the present situation of the country he stressed that, ” my take on the present situation of the country is what I see on your faces, I see poverty, dispel infact I see that there is no hope for this country on your faces.
Asking if he has come to consult on his Presidential ambition, he said “ Yes, I am aspiring and as a result I must discuss that with my Father, Baba Obasanjo”
Alh Lamido while commenting on the defection of some people into the PDP, opined that “In a political party what you need is followership and when people are coming into your own party, you should be happy and even celebrate.”
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