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
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.
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.
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 have directed the security agencies to bring the perpetrators to book and we will make sure that sort of situation does not arise again.
People were expecting us to run before we walk, ... People should be patient with us, bearing in mind that even the (Western) countries that are shouting at the top today about being democracies, it took them time to get there.
Many are the people, Nigerians and non-Nigerians, dead and alive, that God has used and is still using in the course of my life journey.
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.
We need to negotiate with other groups, unless our objective is to prevent any decision.
Make no mistake. We face a very difficult job once we get the pomp behind us tomorrow,