Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday agreed that the past and present leaders have disappointed Nigerians. Obasanjo, who state
Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday agreed that the past and present leaders have disappointed Nigerians.
Obasanjo, who stated this in Abuja while giving the keynote address at the public presentation of the book titled, “Reclaiming the Jewel of Africa,” written by former Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, who also served as Minister of Finance, Olusegun Aganga, said,
“Over the last 63 years, we have not lived up to expectations. We have disappointed ourselves; we have disappointed Africa; we have disappointed the black race; and we have disappointed the world.
“We are carried along by ego and emotion of self, selfishness and self-centeredness, ethnic and religious jingoism, with total lack of understanding of the world we live in and gross misunderstanding of what development entails and how to move fast and continuously on the trajectory of development.”
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