Nigerian leaders should do right thing to revive battered economy, says Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday said Nigeria as a country will wriggle out from enormous challenges confronting it, with better economy if leaders resolved doing the right things.
Penpushing reports that, Obasanjo made this known in his 2021 new year message to Nigerians noting that the nation’s woes remain the ‘choice’ of the leaders and followers, insisting that the narrative must change as the country approaches new year, adding that Nigerian leaders should stop blaming God for the ravaging insecurity, bad economy, poverty and other challenges confronting the nation.
The former President pointed out that with enormous resources available in the country, Nigeria does not have to be poor and no Nigerian must go to bed hungry, describing outgoing 2020 as a year of many challenges, but expressed optimism that hardwork and prayers will pave way for glorious New Year.
“I like the motto of a school which says ‘work and pray.’ Some people say it should be ‘pray and work’, but it doesn’t matter to me in what order I put it, but prayer must go with work and work must go with prayer. And I believe we need to work hard in this country as we pray hard so that the coming year, the year 2021 will be a glorious year for us. But it will not happen unless we work to make it happen”.
“We do not have to blame God for our situation, we have to blame ourselves. Nigeria does not have to be poor, no Nigerian must go to bed hungry. That we have a situation like that is a choice by our leaders and followers alike. My prayer is that God will make year 2021 a better year for all of us, but it will not happen without work. When we do the right thing. We are not doing the right thing now. When we do the right thing, the economy will be what it should be.”
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