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2023: ‘Right your wrongs, Obasanjo blames Nigerians for country’s failures

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Nigerians are to be blamed for the country’s failures, not God.

The former president spoke on Thursday, December 1, in Abuja at the public presentation of a book entitled “The LetterMan: Inside the ‘Secret’ Letters of former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo”, Vanguard reported.

Former President Obasanjo also asked Nigerians to ensure that the right lessons are learnt as the search for new leadership in 2023 continues.

He noted that there were high expectations when Nigeria gained Independence that the country would be great. The elder statesman, however, said the failure of Nigeria should not be attributed to God but to poor decisions to live to its greatness.

Bemoaning the current situation of things in Nigeria, Obasanjo said during the time of James Earl Carter (Jimmy Carter) as the President of the USA, there was no period he had anything to do in Africa that he would not inform Nigeria. He, however, regretted that respect for Nigeria has gone.

“So, I believe that the right lessons must be learned. We have all we need to have. God gave us all we need to have. That we are not doing what we need to do, and God is not to blame. We should blame ourselves,” the former president said.
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