Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has warned that progress would continue to elude Nigeria since the country has become a burial ground for unimplemented policies.
Obasanjo expressed worry that Nigeria appears to be taking one step forward and three steps backwards due to leadership inability to implement policies.
The former president spoke at an event in Abuja yesterday.
Obasanjo said Nigeria is not bereft of policies to achieve greatness but blamed leaders for the country’s lack of progress.
According to Obasanjo: “It is not enough for leaders to have policies or make statements. We are not short of policies in Nigeria....Read Full Article [Click Here>]
“Unfortunately, Nigeria has become a burial ground of policies that are either unimplemented or unexecuted.
“Those who make progress achieved progress, not on the basis of wishing to make progress, but on taking actions. They do not take two steps forward and three steps backward.
“Regrettably this is what we are doing in every aspect of our national life. And as long as we are doing things this way, progress will elude us.”
