Former President, Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo on Tuesday, urged Nigerian youths not to lose hope despite the
challenges facing the country.
Obasanjo, who described himself
as ‘an incurable optimist’ in Nigeria, declared that, though the current
situation in Nigeria is bad, he could see the light beyond the tunnel.
The former President said this in
Abeokuta while addressing some youths and students from selected schools in the
state at a Youths Governance Dialogue organized by the Youth Development
Centre, an arm of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library.
Obasanjo, who cited examples of
how he turned around the country when it was in a comatose during the 1970 civil
war and during the regime of late Muritala Muhammed in 1975, said, many
Nigerians had lost hope then but that Nigerians’ hopes were brought back by
their regime.
He said, “Having run the affairs
of Nigeria as a Military Head of State when some people felt there was
virtually no hope about Nigeria and we turned it around.
“And having taken care of Nigeria
when I came out of the Prison when some people told me that I will be the last
President of Nigeria, because, after me, there will be no Nigeria again,
because, the situation was so bad. I have come to have tremendous hope in
Nigeria, belief and optimism. So, I am an incurable optimist about Nigeria”.
He, therefore, advised “don’t
lose hope, the situation is bad. The current situation is bad. I don’t need to
tell you that, but, I can see the light beyond the tunnel. There is a light
beyond the tunnel”.
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