A reliable source has confirmed that the movement announced by the former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Tuesday in his letter to President Buhari, Coalition for Nigeria is to be launched on January 31, 2018.
According to the source, the movement is being coordinated by the former governor of Osun State who was once a military governor of Lagos State. He was appointed last year as the Chairman of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) by the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
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The former governor is a longstanding associate of the former Nigerian leader.
However, to manage possible ripples that may arise in the process of establishing leadership structures, the movement has opted to appoint what it calls “spokesperson†at all levels.
“He is now acting as the national spokesman; such roles would be appointed at all levels, including state, senatorial zones, down to ward level,†said a source close to the secretariat.
The movement is expected to be unveiled at an undisclosed location in Abuja.
The former president had, on Tuesday, issued a scathing public commentary on the Buhari administration, advising the president to take a “deserved rest†and urging Nigerians to vote him out should Mr. Buhari insist on running.
Mr. Obasanjo advocated the establishment of a movement he called Coalition for Nigeria, to offer a new leadership for the country.
He said the two major parties; the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are unfit to provide leadership.
The former president had spent about three months consulting with political leaders in the country for his elaborate plan for the movement.
Many of those consulted by Mr. Obasanjo are said to have signed in for the idea.
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