Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has said a good leader must be able to bring the best out of his own people, which in turn, could solve the myriad of socio-economic and political challenges standing as cogs on the nation's wheel of progress.
The ex-president made the statement when he spoke with journalists shortly after he visited Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State at Agodi, Ibadan, yesterday.
“There are many challenges in Nigeria today. There are challenges of security, economy, and political stability among others. These challenges are not really new, except that they have taken a different dimension. But human challenges are meant to be solved or overcome by human beings, which means that all hands should be on deck.
“I believe that the most important aspect of dealing with all the challenges we have is: one, leadership; two, coming together, that is, all hands being on deck. We all have to come together. But then, there must be leadership to get everybody to work.”
On calls for the sack of service chiefs to tackle insecurity issues in the country, Obasanjo simply responded: “I did not appoint security chiefs, how can I ask that they be sacked?”
Obasanjo was recently accused by the leader of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), and the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, of always trying to control whoever is in power. He said if the former president fails to have his way, he turns against that government.
He said, “He (Obasanjo) is always looking for political space. When Obasanjo is not allowed to have any influence in any government, he will be opposed to that government.
That is his mission. If he cannot control the president, he will be the enemy of that president.”
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