ident Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Nigerian youths to reject the adage, ‘Youths are the leaders of tomorrow.’
According to him, those who say so are telling a lie.
He noted that, instead, the youth should grab leadership and make it happen immediately.
This is part of his reflection on Saturday when he was hosted by legendary footballer, Segun Odegbami, on his (footballer’s) Eagles7 Sports 103.7 FM, Abeokuta.
He said, “My advice for Nigerian youths is that, never let anybody tell you that you are the leaders of tomorrow. If you wait for tomorrow before you take over leadership, that tomorrow may not come. They will destroy it.
“This is the time, youths get up and make it happen.”
Also speaking on his journey in life, he said he became a president by accident.
He identified the importance of his other career – farming – thus:
“When you look at countries that have made it, they developed on agriculture. First, for the purpose of food security; second, for the purpose of processing what they get from their farms, which is the beginning of industrialisation. Third, to give it out as export, which is for the purpose of foreign exchange; and fourth, as a means of generating employment for the youth.”
