Nigerian Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has said that he didn’t pursue personnel interest when he rule Nigeria for 8 years.
He said , “ People who worked with
me, it doesn’ t matter where they come
from , they remember what we did
together. There is no question of
favouritism, there is no question of , yes ,
this is my kith and kin . There is no
question of this is my personal interest . I
never say that we didn ’ t make mistake or
we are perfect, but whatever mistake we
made was a genuine mistake. It wasn ’ t a
mistake we made as a result of
selfishness . ”
Reacting to the claim that he neglected
the Yoruba while in office , Obasanjo said ,
“ Some Yoruba have come to me and said
you didn ’ t do enough for the Yoruba . I
said , ‘ Yes, did I do for Nigeria ?’ They said ,
‘ You did ?’ I asked , is Yoruba not part of
Nigeria ? If I did as I could for Nigeria
and Yoruba are part of Nigeria , then I
have done for the Yoruba as well as I
have done for Igbo , Hausa and so on . I
think that must guide us .
“ The point you must bear in mind is that
this country can be a great country. We
have everything to make this country
great. And that is what always worries
me. When you see what we can do , how
to do it , and we are not doing it . That is
really unfortunate.”
Obasanjo was the president of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007,_When he handed over to Democratically elected President Late Umar Musa Yar’adua.
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