The problem with Nigeria is mismanagement- Obasanjo

Former President Obasanjo says the
problem with Nigeria is mainly the
mismanagement of our resources. He
said this during his 78th birthday lecture
which h
eld at the Olusegun Obasanjo
Presidential Library in Ogun state
yesterday March 5th
"I am an incurable optimist about
this country, and may be because
I have seen a little bit in my short
span of life, a little bit of what is
possible and a little bit of what can
go wrong and what can be made
to go wrong. Maybe, that is why I
am an incurable optimist and I
believe that all will be well in this
country, we have no choice
anyway, all has to be well.
My concern is that we have too
many think tanks, we need more
of do-tanks. The point is we can
do and we have no reason why we
can’t do and we have also seen
that one individual can make a
difference. There is no reason why
any Nigerian child, at this point in
time, should not have basic
education, food and nutrition, and
not only Nigeria child, any Nigerian
should not go to bed without
food. We have the resources to
achieve all that. If we are not
achieving it, does not mean we
don’t have the resources, it is
because we haven’t managed our
resources well.” he said