Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has blamed the current spate of volatility in the country on the suffering and hardship being faced by ordinary masses.
Obasanjo, who made the assertion on Saturday at the Africa Methodist Council Heads of Conference Summit and Womens Movement Leadership Summit in Lagos where he was the Chairman of the public lecture, stated that insecurity had made the country a dangerous place, filled with so much suffering and hunger.
Speaking on the topic: Leadership in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world, the ex-military Head of State said Nigeria as it is now is volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous and dangerous.
According to him, the situatiin has put up Nigeria changing into extra unstable as a result of struggling, hardship, saying the countrys leadership has to wake up to its responsibilities in other to create a better world for all Nigerians.
He said, When we get good leaders, lets make maximum use of them because good leaders dont flog. When you get one in a generation, make good use of them. Lets learn the right lesson from them.
Also delving into the issues the rustic has confronted because of its dependence on oil, Obasanjo stated: One of the crucial issues that used to be a little bit little bit of misfortune in Nigeria is crude oil. We have been consuming and slumbering oil, and it used to be a misfortune for us. It made us to desert agriculture. Oil is a waste asset. Agriculture is renewable. We need to return to it.
We need to give one thing to our youths whore changing into restive, pissed off and threatening.
If were going to curb that, its giving them training, talents, empowerment and employment. If we dont, they are going to quickly come to assault us in our houses within the sunlight hours, and this can be a subject of time.
Even meals, we dont produce sufficient. We spend over $20bn to import meals. 60 consistent with cent of arable land isnt cultivated. The only cultivated isnt used to most capability. Wed like leaders who will lead us to the promised land.
However, no matter assets weve, if were devoid of management, it receivedt get us any place. Because of this, management in Africa is essential.
