Ex-President, Olusegun Obasanjo has blamed choice of leaders as the main reason Nigeria is still in extreme poverty, experiencing high rate of insecurity and immersed in political division.
Obasanjo spoke on Saturday at the 113th anniversary of King’s College, in Lagos.
He lamented that Nigeria is currently politically divided and economically disunited, adding that the country has degenerated in every sphere of life.
The former president stated that diplomatically, Nigeria is now insignificant, noting that the country which used to send troops to Sudan, Sierra Leone and other countries, has become a shadow of its former self.
According to Obasanjo, there are three races in the world, white, yellow, and black. For now, America is leading the whites, the Chinese is leading the yellow race, and Nigeria with 225 million people is created by God to lead the black race.
“When we stop disappointing ourselves we can take care of the continent and the black race. Nigeria has no business with poverty, insecurity, or political division.”
He insisted that the problems the nation had been plunged into, was as a result of the choice of leaders.
‘‘It is the advertently or inadvertently choice of our leaders. It is not God’s choice for us. If God hasn’t chosen that for us we can do better. For Nigeria, we have done a few things right but we have not continued to do it right,” he added.