Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM) is about the people at the grassroots
Former Nigeria President Olusegun Obasanjo has said he stands by his 2015 decision of retiring from partisan politics. He also said he has no candidate, whatsoever, for any political office.
The elder statesman said this on Wednesday when a youth group from Delta state led by Frank Esanubi, a governorship aspirant, visited him in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital.
While addressing the youth, Chief Obasanjo said his decision to stay away from partisan politics has not changed.
In the build-up to Nigeria’s 2015 general elections, the former president announced he had quit partisan politics with a public display of tearing his Peoples Democratic Party membership card.
Obasanjo said: “In the year 2015, I said I would no longer participate in partisan politics. And I still stand by my decision,” he said.
“Everybody, irrespective of his or her political affiliation, is free to come here for advice, I will gladly do that.
“I have no candidate, whatsoever, for any political office. I just believe that things must be done differently in Nigeria to get different results.”
He said since the colonial era, transitions have taken place without taking the people of the grassroots into consideration.
“So, Coalition for Nigeria Movement is about the people at the grassroots,” he said, adding: “It is a socio-economic movement where youth and women, especially, will be given the opportunity to appreciate their interests and power.”
