The bane of Nigeria today is self-centered and deceitful leadership – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo stated that Nigeria would have been in a much better position and earned global recognition if not for the country’s self-centered leaders.

Obasanjo made this remark during the 2024 Leadership Empowerment International Conference held on Saturday, August 17.

“There is no end to leadership and service to your community until you breathe the last. And you can never be too old to be a leader and to give something to the community in which you lead and serve as a leader, to serve your state, your country, the continent and the world.

And if you asked me in one word, what is the bane of Nigeria today? I will not think about it twice. I will say it is leadership. Leadership that is self-centred, leadership that is a deficit in knowledge and understanding and leadership that does not see service as the centrepiece of what leadership is all about.

If we can get the leadership right, we will get all other things right. ”