Olusegun Obasanjo
Olusegun Obasanjo
Olusegun Mathew Okikiola Aremu Obasanjo, GCFRis a former Nigerian Army general who was President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007. A Nigerian of Yoruba descent, Obasanjo was a career soldier before serving twice as his nation's head of state, as a military ruler from 13 February 1976 to 1 October 1979 and as a democratically elected president from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. From July 2004 to January 2006, Obasanjo also served as Chairperson of the African Union...
NationalityNigerian
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth5 March 1937
CountryNigeria
My joy knows no bounds... I will devote all my energy and all the powers available to me to the service of Nigeria and humanity.
Yet there comes a time in the life of a patriot when abdication would amount to a betrayal if not outright treachery.
I will not say the fact that there are no European Union observers at an election means that it will not be fair and free.
Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country.
There is no part of the world where corruption is absolutely eliminated.
North and south must also adopt measures to arrest the growing phenomenon of illegal capital flight and the repatriation of illicit wealth siphoned abroad by corrupt political leaders and their collaborators back to their countries of origin,
I don't see why anybody should worry,
Let me make a solemn pledge before all of you, before the whole world and before God, that I will devote all my energy and all I possess in my power to serve the people of Nigeria and humanity.
My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door, no human can shut it.
Democracy should be nurtured and sustained in Nigeria and in our part of the world
Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today.
To feed our people we must first feed our soil
Even Jesus Christ cannot conduct a free and fair election in Nigeria.
If you deceive me once shame on you because I have trusted you once and you have deceived me, if you deceive me twice shame on me because I have learnt my lessons and you have deceive me and if you deceive me for the third time shame on me because am a compound fool.