Don't wait 'tomorrow', Obasanjo tells young Nigerians
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has instructed young Nigerians to hold leadership positions and not allow anyone to address them as the leaders of tomorrow.
Mr. Obasanjo spoke on a radio show on Eagles7 Sports, 103.7 FM, Abeokuta, Ogun State on Saturday
He said that "some corrupt leaders" will destroy the "so-called tomorrow" if the younger generation does not rise up and take their future into their own hands.
“My advice to young Nigerians is to never let anyone tell you that you are the leaders of tomorrow. If you wait until tomorrow to take leadership, that tomorrow may not come. They will destroy it,” he said.
"Now is the time, the young people stand up and make things happen."
"Romance with Farming"Mr. Obasanjo, who served as the civilian president of Nigeria between 1999 and 2007, said that everything he had achieved in life except farming was accidental.
The former president took offense to the program presenter's reference to his involvement in agriculture as a "romance".
ALSO READ: 2023: Guess I got Obasanjo's backing - Atiku"I don't like the word you used, 'love with farming'. I'm a farmer. What do you mean by romance?
"Everything I've done in my life is accidental. The only thing that isn't accidental is farming. All the other things I've been are by accident. And you have called that romance? No! What do you mean by romance?"
Mr. Obasanjo said countries that are currently doing well economically have invested in agriculture.
“First, for the purpose of food security; second, in order to process what they get from their farms, which is the beginning of industrialization. Thirdly, to give it away as export, that is, for the purpose of exchange; and fourth, as a means of creating jobs for young people. »
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has instructed young Nigerians to hold leadership positions and not allow anyone to address them as the leaders of tomorrow.
Mr. Obasanjo spoke on a radio show on Eagles7 Sports, 103.7 FM, Abeokuta, Ogun State on Saturday
He said that "some corrupt leaders" will destroy the "so-called tomorrow" if the younger generation does not rise up and take their future into their own hands.
“My advice to young Nigerians is to never let anyone tell you that you are the leaders of tomorrow. If you wait until tomorrow to take leadership, that tomorrow may not come. They will destroy it,” he said.
"Now is the time, the young people stand up and make things happen."
"Romance with Farming"Mr. Obasanjo, who served as the civilian president of Nigeria between 1999 and 2007, said that everything he had achieved in life except farming was accidental.
The former president took offense to the program presenter's reference to his involvement in agriculture as a "romance".
ALSO READ: 2023: Guess I got Obasanjo's backing - Atiku"I don't like the word you used, 'love with farming'. I'm a farmer. What do you mean by romance?
"Everything I've done in my life is accidental. The only thing that isn't accidental is farming. All the other things I've been are by accident. And you have called that romance? No! What do you mean by romance?"
Mr. Obasanjo said countries that are currently doing well economically have invested in agriculture.
“First, for the purpose of food security; second, in order to process what they get from their farms, which is the beginning of industrialization. Thirdly, to give it away as export, that is, for the purpose of exchange; and fourth, as a means of creating jobs for young people. »
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