Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday urged
Nigerians to make the right choice during the 2023 general elections.
He warned that making the wrong choice in the election may
consume the nation.
Obasanjo spoke as the special guest of honour at the Wilson
Badejo Foundation’s 15th annual lecture with the theme, ‘Overcoming the twin
challenge of poverty and insecurity in Nigeria’ held in Lagos.
The former President expressed the hope that if the right choice was made in 2023, the nation may witness progress.
“It is either we make the right choice in 2023 because if we
make the right choice, we would get there.
“However, if we do not make the right choice in 2023, things
would consume us and we pray against that one. We must make the right choice in
2023,” Obasanjo said.
He had earlier said that Nigeria has not taken its rightful
position because of poverty and insecurity.
He said, “Nigeria is not where it is supposed to be today.
If anyone says it is ok where we are at the moment, then the person’s head
needs to be examined.
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“My friend, late Ahmed Joda, used to tell me that God has
given us everything a nation needs and there’s no need for prayers because if
God has given you everything and you squandered it, then something is wrong.
“I told him that even at that, we still need prayers as a
nation because what is good needs prayers and on the other side too, we still
need more prayers.”
The guest speaker who
is the Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs,
Prof Eghosa Osaghea, in his lecture titled, ‘Overcoming the twin challenge of
poverty and insecurity in Nigeria,’
explained that when “one’s country fails the individual, then that
individual becomes a failure.”
He said, “Poverty cannot divide us but it binds us what
divides us is corruption. If you see street protests across the world, it is
the poor who do it.
“Corruption, by whatever means, is what causes division.
“Many people today dig their boreholes for water, employ
private security units, etc, yet, these are things that the state should have
put in place.
“It is the duty of the state to provide these for the common
good of all.”
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