Sitting On Kegs Gunpowder: Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for urgent action to eradicate abject poverty across Africa.
Citing China’s success in lifting 700 million people out of poverty, Obasanjo emphasized that Nigeria should also be capable of addressing the extreme poverty affecting its citizens.
Delivering the keynote address at Dele Momodu’s leadership lecture titled *“How to End Hunger and Poverty in Africa,”* Obasanjo stressed that “before we talk about food, security is key.”
Offering solutions to hunger on the continent, he asserted that “education is one of the tools we can use to banish poverty. Where there’s no education, invariably, there will be poverty.”
He also highlighted the critical role of leadership in tackling poverty.
“In all works of life, we must have leaders whose characters display ‘communality’,” he said. “Leadership is the greatest ingredient for ending poverty. There’s no human endeavour that does not thrive on leadership.”
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Obasanjo further noted, “To get it right, we must ensure no child is uneducated. Nigeria can eliminate hunger and poverty with integrity, discipline, and good governance. We can do it if China can lift 700 million people out of poverty.”
“Nigeria should have no business with abject poverty. If we don’t take responsibility, we all sit on a gunpowder keg. Until we banish poverty in Africa, the international community will not regard us as a serious continent.”
In response, the Ooni of Ife commended Obasanjo’s remarks and urged citizens to embrace patriotism by supporting the government.
He said, “If we want to break poverty in this country, we have to be patriotic in all ramifications—from the food we eat to the clothes we wear. We may not get it right at first, but in a short time, we would be the envy of the world.”
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