Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has recounted how he boosted the country’s foreign reserves from a meagre $3.7 billion to $45 billion during his eight-year tenure.
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has pointed to the principle of regionalism as the core issue hindering Nigeria’s progress, describing it…
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for a more conducive environment in the country to attract large foreign investments. Obasanjo made the call at the Exaugural Lecture and Book Launch by a former Editor of Punch, Mr Adedayo Oketola in Lagos on Tuesday.
“Our youth are restive. And they are restive because they have no skill. They have no empowerment. They have no employment. We are all sitting on a keg of gunpowder. And my prayer is that we will do the right thing before it’s too late,” he warned.
Obasanjo is a survivalist par excellence. At barely 24 years old, he developed his first survival instinct in 1961. Obasanjo was captured in the Congo Republic by the mutineers while he was evacuating Roman Catholic missionaries from a station near Bukavu. The mutineers considered executing him but mysteriously released him.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has held a closed door meeting with the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, but the outcome was not made public.
“I believe whatever form of democracy we have or whatever system of government we have, three or four men in the judiciary should not be able to overturn the decisions of millions that have voted.
ASHENEWS reports that former President Olusegun Obasanjo has explained that single digit interest for agriculture loans will help transform the agribusiness, and called on the federal government of Nigeria to reduce the interest rate.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged the Federal government to reduce agriculture interest loan to single digit to help transform the agribusiness.