Olusegun Obasanjo

Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Aremu Obasanjo, GCFR, (born 5 March 1937) is a Nigerian political and military leader who served as Nigeria's head of state from 1976 to 1979 and later as its president from 1999 to 2007. Ideologically a Nigerian nationalist, he was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from 1999 to 2015 and again from 2018 onward. thumb|Olusegun Obasanjo in 2001 Quotes For Africa to move forward, Nigeria must be one of the anchor countries, if not the leading anchor country. It means that Nigeria must be good at home to be good outside. No doubt, our situation in the last decade or so had shown that we are not good enough at home; hence we are invariably absent at the table that we should be abroad. [] THE WAY OUT: A CLARION CALL FOR COALITION FOR NIGERIA MOVEMENT. Open letter to President Buhari. The lice of poor performance in government – poverty, insecurity, poor economic management, nepotism, gross dereliction of duty, condonation of misdeed – if not outright encouragement of it, lack of progress and hope for the future, lack of national cohesion and poor management of internal political dynamics and widening inequality – are very much with us today. With such lice of general and specific poor performance and crying poverty with us, our fingers will not be dry of ‘blood’. [] THE WAY OUT: A CLARION CALL FOR COALITION FOR NIGERIA MOVEMENT. Open letter to President Buhari. We have only one choice left to take us out of Egypt to the promised land. And that is the coalition of the concerned and the willing – ready for positive and drastic change, progress and involvement. Change that will give hope and future to all our youth and dignity and full participation to all our women. [] THE WAY OUT: A CLARION CALL FOR COALITION FOR NIGERIA MOVEMENT. Open letter to President Buhari. Nigeria has no business being poor, we have all it takes to make Africa great. "Leadership is the greatest challenge to Africa's development." A March of Progress: Collected Speeches of His Excellency Lt. General Olusegun Obasanjo – Obasanjo discussing the importance of leadership. "A hungry man is an angry man." Food and Agriculture Organization: Olusegun Obasanjo speaking on food security and agricultural development. "Democracy is a continuous work in progress." BBC HARDtalk interview with Olusegun Obasanjo discussing democracy. "Corruption is a cancer that has eaten deep into the fabric of our society." Transparency International: Olusegun Obasanjo discussing corruption in Nigeria. "Education remains the greatest investment any nation can make in its people." The Guardian Nigeria: Olusegun Obasanjo discussing education and national development. "No nation has ever attained greatness without discipline." A March of Progress: Collected Speeches – Obasanjo speaking on national discipline. "We cannot build a nation on injustice and inequality." Premium Times: Olusegun Obasanjo discussing national unity. "I have nothing to offer Nigeria other than leadership." The Guardian: Olusegun Obasanjo reflecting on his public service at age 80. "I am a village boy who did some things by accident." The Guardian: Olusegun Obasanjo reflecting on his life and career. "Keep faith with Nigeria because there is no other country we can call our own." A March of Progress: Collected Speeches – Obasanjo urging patriotism. We have a basis for mobilizing African leaders and leaders of the world through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) where Zero Hunger is one major objective. What This should be regarded as the responsibility of any leader in a country; it should be one of his major objectives. Importance of research and innovation I believe that we have seen, happily or sadly, a war in Ukraine has exposed or revealed areas that are not doing enough. We had to have that war in Ukraine for us to know that we depended so much, so heavily and continue to depend heavily on Ukraine and Russia for wheat. Importance of research and innovation I believe the CGIAR system has done tremendously good work in the past. They still need to continue the good work. Importance of research and innovation I don’t know how the attention to Europe will allow sufficient resources for these organizations now that areas of inadequacies have been expose. Importance of research and innovation One good thing that I can say about international research organizations is that technology has put in what we need through research and innovations in agriculture. What we need is getting those products of research to the farmers, and to encourage farmers to make use of them. If we do that, our banks will be full. Importance of research and innovation External links Olusegun Obasanjo Category:Presidents of Nigeria Category:Military leaders from Nigeria Category:Heads of state Category:1937 births Category:Living people Category:Actor-politicians