Former Nigeria President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo said everything about him, including his emergence as both a military Head of State and President of Nigeria, was by accident.
Obasanjo, who was an ex-military Head of State before he was elected as a civilian President in 1999, said he was a farmer by choice but not by accident.
Featuring on a live Radio Programme in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Saturday, Chief Obasanjo said he was always proud to be addressed as a farmer.
Chief Obasanjo said everything I have done in my life is by accident. The only thing that is not accidental is farming
“You know my beginning. I was born and bred in a village. I went to school by accident. My late father said, ‘won’t you do something different?’ So I went into farming.
“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.”
The ex- president also advised Nigerian youths to take over leadership positions right now.
According to him, youths should not allow anyone to address them as leaders of tomorrow, saying the tomorrow may never come.
Obasanjo said some corrupt leaders would destroy the so-called tomorrow if the younger generation failed to rise up and take their future in their hands.
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.
