Erstwhile President, Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday admitted
that his generation failed Nigeria.
Obasanjo made the remark at the one-day Trade Fair seminar
of Kaduna Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, KADCCIMA.
The former President said though his generation made some
mistakes, they also laid the foundation for the country’s democracy.
According to Obasanjo, “Look, don’t worry unduly about the
mistake the generation before you had made. When people talk to me and said
‘yes, you are wrong.’ I will accept that my generation had done a number of
wrong things. But, we must have done some good things as well.
“My own generation fought for the unity of Nigeria. You
cannot deny that. There are many things we must have done wrong but we fought
for the unity of this country. I still have shrapnel from grenades that entered
my body that our brothers shot at me during the civil war. But, at the end of
it, we reconciled.
“In addition, my generation laid the foundation of democracy
in the country. Our democracy is not perfect, our democracy is a journey and
not a destination; we must continue to improve on it. My sons and daughters,
what will your generation do?
“Condemnation is easy but what will you do? There are some
people who have taken the bull by the horn and tried their best. But, all in
all Nigeria is still intact. There are many countries that fought civil wars
and they are not together. Obasanjo
‘’Yugoslavia, Pakistan, Sudan, we fought a civil war sadly,
but we are still together. I thank for God and thank those who made that
possible. Part of our problems is that our leaders have not taken the bull by
the horn, ready to buy the bullet.
‘’We cannot have it easy like that for us to develop. You
must be ready to take the bull by the horn. India, Malaysia, and some other
countries did it. We have to do it at one time or the other.” Earlier the former President had advised
Nigerians against blaming God for the country’s current challenges
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