Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has submitted that the country could overcome the problem of insecurity within two years with the right leader, who is willing to make tough decisions.
Making the declaration on Thursday while hosting a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, at his Abeokuta residence, Obasanjo said he has a “mad passion” for Nigeria because he has no other country.
He said, “I have no other country I can call my own. I have no other country I can go to and say yes, I have come to live here.”
The former president noted that Nigeria is in an agonising situation and therefore deserves a leader with passion, innovation and vision, adding that such leader must possess adequate knowledge about the numerous challenges battling the country.
“Some people say human memories are short, maybe they are right because if human memories are not short, some of the mistakes that we are making, we will not be making them.
“Yes, we have a record which some people may find a little bit outside what they want to hear, but whatever people want to hear, I believe as you (Hayatu-Deen) have rightly said, that this period is not like any other period in the history of Nigeria, and you used two words, decomposing and dissolving. I can’t find any better words to describe the situation we have found ourselves.
“It is an agonising situation for you obviously and also for me. I want to emphasise the point that the Nigerian situation, as bad as it is, will only be put right by Nigerians at the forefront of our situation.
Credit: Nigerian Tribune