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| Olusegun Obasanjo |
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said that there are no good
leaders in the country, stressing that leadership in any country is very
important in government.
The former president who spoke in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital during
African Regional Inter collegiate Debate on Human Security held at the Olusegun
Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) said democracy is the form of government
that the country can all embrace, noting that democracy help on how you can
deliberate on issues that are pertinent to the country.
Obasanjo said nig has problems of job creation, employment generation and
wealth creation, it doesn't matter who emerge as winner of the debate, to me
all aspect of education must be embraced."
He said he was shocked when Chief Alias Dangote told him about the
vacancy on truck drivers when he got 6 Phd holds and over 600 people with
Masters Degrees, stating that the issue boils down to the problems job
creation, wealth creation, among others.
Speaking on importance of education, Obasanjo said "if you want to
break the irk of poverty, education is the instrument to do that. Yorubas say
three generations doesn't go into chronic poverty."
He therefore, said the debate was to prepare the youth for the future,
saying "the future belong to the youth because nobody can help Africa than
we Africans."
He however, commended the participants as well as the organisers, as he
said "I must confess that when the idea of the debate was mentioned to me
I did not know it will be inspiring and interesting. What I saw today is beyond
my expectation and what we've achieved today should built on it."
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