A former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that Nigeria has failed to move forward because of the calibre of leaders in the country.
He asserted that the socioeconomic and political situations in the country were due to leadership deficit.
Obasanjo stated this in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Saturday as Special Guest of Honour at the Leadership Empowerment International Conference.
According to him, for Nigeria to progress from its present dilemma, the present crops of those he labelled “self-centred leaders” occupying offices at all levels of governance must loosen their hold on the country.
The erstwhile president lamented that Nigeria is plagued at all levels by a band of self-centred leaders who are deficit of knowledge, bereft of understanding and demonstrating a leadership style that does not see service as the centrepiece for development.
He said, “There is no end to leadership and service to your community until you breathe the last. And…