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
Religion mixed with politics in a multi-faith country like ours portends destruction and devastation.
As your president of a democratic and civilian administration, I believe this is what God Almighty has ordained for me and my beloved country and its people.
This meeting attests to full acceptance of our country back into the Commonwealth and also signifies the endorsement by the association of our progress in democratic governance.
Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria twice but stood by the country in its fight against dictatorship and injustice.
If I am not above the law, nobody in this country can then claim to be above the law.
What the oil producer gets paid is about 16 percent. The majority of it is tax, which in fairness to the government of this country they have accepted and admitted.
Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country.
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 will open my arms to welcome him,
Last time I was here there were pillboxes, roadblocks and sandbags on the road from the airport. There is only one set of sandbags this time,
is a flow out of Plateau. If the governor in Plateau had taken the right steps, there would not have been Kano. You don't deal with symptoms and leave the disease.
We are happy that we are witnessing this day. Our government shall do its best to meet the hopes and aspirations of our people,
It has been a tough campaign, but once again Nigerians have proved themselves and turned out in numbers for this historic day, at least in my constituency, ... We are hopeful the transition to democracy will be smooth, and with the rest of the world watching, Nigeria will once again regain its former glory.
The best thing that I will want to have is not to have debt at all, ... So when you talk of rescheduling, I'm apprehensive. When you talk of remission, even staying of interest for some time, will be one way. But we cannot, we cannot, talk of being able to do what we need to do ... bearing the burden of debt that is hanging over us at this time.