Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that
everything about him is accidental, except farming.
Obasanjo was a former military Head of State before he was
elected as a civilian President in 1999.
But, the Balogun Owu said the only thing he did in life that
did not come by happenstance is farming.
Speaking on Saturday on a live radio interview with Segun
Odegbami on Eagles7 Sports 103.7 FM, Abeokuta, Obasanjo said he is always proud
to be addressed as a farmer.
Odegbami had asked Obasanjo to speak about what he termed
his “romance with farming”.
In response, the former President said, “I don’t like the
word you used, ‘romance with farming’. I am a farmer. What do you mean by
romance? Everything I have done in my life is by accident. The only thing that
is not accidental is farming. Every other thing that I’ve been is by accident.
And you called that romance? No! What do you mean by romance?
“You know my beginning. I was born and bred in a village. I
went to school by accident. My father just said, ‘won’t you do something
different?’ So I went into farming.
“When you look at countries that have made it, they
developed on agriculture. First, for the purpose of food security; second, for
the purpose of processing what they get from their farms, which is the
beginning of industrialisation. Third, to give it out as export, which is for
the purpose of foreign exchange; and fourth, as a means of generating
employment for the youth.”
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