Connect with us

Nigeria Needs Leaders With ‘Touch Of Madness’ To Move Forward — Ex-President, Obasanjo

Victorious

Published

on

Follow
NAIJA NEWS: Nigeria Needs Leaders With ‘Touch Of Madness’ To Move Forward — Ex-President, Obasanjo [New Naija News] » Naijacrawl
Photo: Naijacrawl

Olusegun Obasanjo, the former President of Nigeria, has remarked that the country needs a leader who is driven by passion and "a bit of lunacy" to bring it forward.



Obasanjo made the remarks while hosting Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, a presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party, in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State.

The former President also played host to former minister, Godswill Akpabio, who is running for the presidency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.

Hayatu-Deen, together with his team, arrived in Ogun State about 12:30pm and went straight into a closed-door meeting with Obasanjo, which lasted for about an hour, according to PUNCH.

It was also gathered that Akpabio arrived at exactly 2:20pm while the Hayatu-Deen team was exiting Obasanjo’s residence.

Speaking during the visit, Obasanjo said Nigeria would overcome its security challenges within two years if the leader was ready to make tough decisions, while advising Nigerians to brace up and be ready to make sacrifices.

The former president said, “It is an agonizing situation for you, obviously, and also for me." I want to emphasise the point that the Nigerian situation, as bad as it is, can only be put right by Nigerians at the forefront of our situation. So, Nigerians have to brace themselves to do what needs to be done to put Nigeria back on the right path.

And you are right in saying that, wherever you go now, one of the things you hear is that Nigeria is not on the table, but why shouldn’t Nigeria be on the table? What does it cost Nigeria to be on the table?

This will be four things, of which I was reminded this morning. One is knowledge. The second is vision. What is the vision that we have? And if you have no vision, you may have eyes, but you are blind. And I believe that is part of our situation.

“The third is passion. And when you said that you are involved in this with a passion, and I was telling some people this morning that passion means madness, that you are mad about Nigeria, I am, and I have no apologies for that because I have no other country I can call my own, and I have no other country I can go to and say yes, I have come to live here.
“Passion means being mad about Nigeria, having a touch of madness, and I look at you (Hayatu-Deen) and say yes, you are mad about Nigeria too.”

Click Here To Comment




Ojo Sunday Victor, A Professional Graphics Designer, and a skilled Content Writer in Entertainment, News and Sport Update.!An Undergraduate in Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH, Ogbomoso). Read More

Continue Reading
Click to comment

Be first to comment


Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Naija News

2023: Atiku Speaks On Obasanjo Supporting Him For President

Victorious

Published

on

NAIJA NEWS: 2023: Atiku Speaks On Obasanjo Supporting Him For President [New Naija News] » Naijacrawl
Photo: Naijacrawl
Atiku Abubakar, the People's Democratic Party’s (PDP) nominee for president in 2023, has stated that he thinks former President Olusegun Obasanjo will back his bid.This was stated by Atiku in a Friday interview with Arise TV.If his old boss, Obasanjo, supports him, the former vice president was questioned.He responded, ”I have been talking to Olusegun Obasanjo. I assume I have his support. I don’t think he has a better partner to support than myself because I have h...
Continue Reading

Naija News

Governors Wike, Makinde, Ortom Hold ‘Private Meeting’ With Ex-President, Obasanjo

Victorious

Published

on

NAIJA NEWS: Governors Wike, Makinde, Ortom Hold ‘Private Meeting’ With Ex-President, Obasanjo [New Naija News] » Naijacrawl
Photo: Naijacrawl
Three southern governors of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), are currently in a closed meeting with former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, in Abeokuta, Ogun State.The Daily Trust reports that the governors are Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, who is a presidential aspirant of the party; Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State; and Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State.The three governors arrived at Obasanjo’s residence at around 6.40pm in...
Continue Reading

Naija News

We Need An Economical Technocrat As President - Obasanjo

Piroll

Published

on

NEWS: We Need An Economical Technocrat As President - Obasanjo [New Naija News] » Naijacrawl
Photo: Naijacrawl
The erstwhile President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday harped on his argument that Nigeria requires a President with a sound knowledge of the economy to make a headway.This, he said, was what a former German Chancellor, the lateHelmut Schmidt, who was one of his international friends, told him during a discussion about African countries.He argued that there was no way that a President with a poor knowledge of the economy could meet the needs of the citizens, a...
Continue Reading

Latest


Download Naijacrawl App today

Fastest way to read on the go

Download the Naijacrawl App.