A former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has asserted that Nigeria, not God, is responsible for the present woes bedeviling the country saying the nation should blame itself for failing to use the resources given to it by God.
He, however, pointed out that Nigeria has got away with a lot of ‘stupid things’ because God seems to have so much love for the country.
Obasanjo made this known on Friday during the official launch of The Letterman, a book authored by the Editor-in-Chief of Premium Times, Musikilu Mojeed in Abuja.
The 492-page narrative non-fiction titled: The Letterman: Inside the ‘Secret’ Letters of former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, x-rayed the role of letter writing in leadership, governance, and politics.
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It focused on the former president and his fondness for speaking bluntly to subordinates, superiors, associates, and foreign personalities – through letters – not minding the reactions the letters might generate.
At the event, Obasanjo said: ‘I believe that God is a Nigerian. Bishop Kukah may not agree with me. Because God loves us so much that we have done so many stupid things and he allowed us to get away with these stupid things.
‘I sincerely hope that God’s patience has no limit of elasticity because if he does, there will soon be a day that God will say: ‘No, I have heard enough.’ And if God says he has heard enough it doesn’t matter, Musikilu can write 20 books on Lettermen and Letter women, but it won’t help us.
‘I believe the right lessons must be learnt. We have all that we need to have. God has given us all that we need to have; that we are not doing what we should do. It is not God; we should blame ourselves.’
He lamented that the country had not lived up to expectations.
According to him, global leaders consulted with Nigeria before decisions were taken in Africa, wondering how the country fell from such a lofty height.