ThisDay· 2h ago· 1 min read
West Africa’s first astronaut, Chief Owolabi Salis, has met former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as part of a strategic dialogue targeted at national development.
The New York based lawyer and chartered accountant who was in Nigeria recently disclosed that the move had become expedient to put Nigeria on the right democratic trajectory.
According to him, plans are also in the works to see President Bola Tinubu, Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Gen Yakubu Gowon, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida and Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar.
While commending the Tinubu administration for its reforms, he however noted that Nigeria was still drifting after over two decades of democracy despite its potentials.
Salis who described his recent meeting as very revealing blamed the development on desperate politicians and a weak democratic culture which need to be re-jigged
“This is the major reason the poor continue…
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