Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has voiced his disappointment at the evident lack of advancement in Nigeria, citing a deficiency in quality and forward-thinking leadership as hindering the nation’s growth and prosperity.
Speaking at an event in Abuja yesterday, Obasanjo expressed his belief that Nigeria is stuck in a cycle of moving one step forward and three steps backward, with progress continually out of reach.
Despite the presence of policies aimed at driving the country towards greatness, Obasanjo attributed the lack of progress to the failure of leaders to effectively implement these initiatives.
According to Obasanjo: “It is not enough for leaders to have policies or make statements. We are not short of policies in Nigeria.
“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.
