Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has warned Nigerians that things would get worse if the country did not get it right in the 2023 general election.
Newsonline reports that Obasanjo stated that the country would have been better if the right choices were made in selecting the leaders.
The 1999 -2007 president of Nigeria that the 2023 general election presents an opportunity for the country to save itself.
Obasanjo spoke as the special guest of honour at the Wilson Badejo Foundation’s 15th annual lecture with the theme, ‘Overcoming the twin challenges of poverty and insecurity in Nigeria’ held in Lagos.
He said, “It is either we make the right choice in 2023 because if we make the right choice, we will get there.
“However, if we do not make the right choice in 2023, things will consume us and we pray against that one. We must make the right choice in 2023.”
Obasanjo lamented that “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.”
Also the guest speaker, 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,’ called on Nigerians to use the 2023 election to fight corruption.
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.”
