FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo has charged the incoming administration to devise ways to end ethnic divisions that emanated from the 2023 general elections.

Obasanjo said this while speaking at a conference organized by Nextier and the Ibadan School of Governance and Public Policy themed ‘From Elections to Governance and Performance’, in Abuja on Thursday, April 6.

He noted that the incoming administration must work to facilitate national moral rearmament and reconciliation following the divisions along ethnic and religious lines occasioned by the just concluded general elections.

According to him, the move has the potential to bring about healing and also assuage Nigerian youths who were angered by the shortcomings of the election.

“Given what we saw during the election, Nigeria is now even more divided and more corroded than we thought. This places a deep onus on any administration following the current one, to urgently facilitate the process of national moral rearmament and national reconciliation for the aggrieved and will lead us across Nigeria and to assuage the youth,” he said.

Obasanjo added that governance in Nigeria now required thinking outside the box to rescue the nation, in terms of the plunging economy and huge national debt.

The former President noted that with challenges facing the country, he is now “too old to keep quiet” as he would continue to voice concerns for the benefit of the nation.

“Let me conclude by stating clearly that I am now too old to keep quiet and watch Nigeria’s seemingly clueless launch into dystopia. All efforts are now required from all committed patriots to rescue the nation from the precipice.”

The ICIR reported that the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Muhammed Sanusi, also expressed fears over the division caused by the outcome of the 2023 Presidential election.