Former Anambra Governor, Monday, disclosed how former military head of state, General Murtala Mohammed, once turned down the offer of building him a presidential mansion at the popular 1004 storey building located at the Victoria Island, Lagos.
Peter Obi in a tweet was reacting to the 2024 budget which made provision for Shettima’s N15bn presidential mansion.
According to him, “our health facilities have collapsed, and unemployment is skyrocketing. I am convinced that 99.9% of Nigerians can only dream of living in the current residence of the Vice President.
“We have had leaders that were exemplary in the past. Most Nigerians may not know that the popular 1004 flats in Lagos, was land allocated for the building of a Presidential Mansion for the then Head of State, General Murtala Mohammed but he “sternly turned down the offer and instructed that the land should be used to build blocks of flats for civil servants. That is the kind of sacrificial leadership worth emulating.
“Our leaders must therefore stop the recklessness and insensitivity to the plight of the masses. We need leaders who show compassion and are willing to sacrifice for common progress and development. Such compassionate and frugal leaders are critical in our journey to the New Nigeria”.
