Former president Olusegun Obasanjo say Nigerians should hold themselves responsible for the state of the country, and leave God out of the blame.
Speaking at the launch of a book titled ‘The Letterman’ and authored by Musikilu Mojeed, Premium Times editor-in-chief, Obasanjo said when Nigeria gained independence, the expectation was for the nation to be known as “a giant in the sun” and not the “giant of Africa” as it is being referred to now.
He, however, said Nigeria has not lived to expectations.
“When Nigeria became independent, it was a giant in the sun. That was the expectation. Not a giant even in Africa. A giant in the sun. That was the expectation of the world about Nigeria,” Obasanjo said.
“Have we lived up to it? No. If we haven’t, why haven’t we? I think we probably don’t appreciate what we have as a country and I believe if we do appreciate it and make good use of it, we would do better than we are now.
“I believe the right lessons must be learned. We have all that we need to have. God has given us all that we need to have. That we are not doing what we should do, God is not to blame and we should blame ourselves.”
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