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Nigeria’s Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday, said he emerged as both military head of state and civilian president by mere accident, adding that he’s a proud farmer and prefers to be addressed as one.
OBJ as he’s fondly called said he became a farmer by choice and not an accident as it happened with being military head of state and civilian president.
The Owu chief made this development known when speaking on a live radio show Eagles7 Sports 103.7 FM, Abeokuta, hosted by erstwhile ex-international and presenter Segun Odegbami MON,
OBJ posited that he’s always very proud whenever he’s addressed as a farmer.
Still emphasizing farming, Odegbami asked OBJ to explain his romance with farming.
In response, Ebora Owu as he’s fondly referred to said, “I don’t like the word you used, ‘romance with farming’. I am a farmer. What do you mean by romance? Everything I have done in my life is by accident. The only thing that is not accidental is farming. Every other thing that I’ve been to is by accident. And you called that romance? No! What do you mean by romance?
“You know my beginning. I was born and bred in a village. I went to school by accident. My father just 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 food security; second, to process what they get from their farms, which is the beginning of industrialization. Third, to give it out as export, which is for foreign exchange; and fourth, as a means of generating employment for the youth.”
Meanwhile, Obasanjo advised Nigerian youths to take over leadership positions right now.
Obasanjo said 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 and take their future into 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.
“This is the time, youths get up and make it happen.”