I'm worried about 13m out of school Nigerian children - Obasanjo

Obasanjo added that he was equally bothered by the growing number of youths, about 60 per cent of the country’s population, who he said have not yet found themselves in the nation’s leadership positions unlike what obtained in his time or elsewhere.

The NYCN delegation, led by its National President, Mr. Niyi Oladele, was in Abeokuta to seek the ex – president’s help in finding a lasting solution to the menace insurgency, banditry, kidnappings and herdsmen attacks across the country. The elder statesman recalled that he started showing his leadership quality in Congo when he was less than 30 while on military mission there. He lamented that Nigerian youth of today have not been able to fit themselves into leadership positions.He, however, urged the youth not to allow anybody to tell them they “are too young to lead,” saying those frustrating the youth are not better endowed than them.

“We don’t need additional teachers; you will only increase what those teachers get maybe by 40 per cent or something, we can even do two streams if we prepare for that and start two years from now and those children would have become product that would be able to make contributions and make their own life better and as well making the life of their families too better.

OBJ said he is worried about millions of Nigerian children that are not in school. My question for him is what did he do about it when he was the president ?

U no worry when u dy office,na nw u come dy worry,pack well if u no get anything to talk

Oya educate them with your wealth baba 2face

If you sell obasanjo library and all it's assets those 13m children will not only go to school, they'll finish university with plenty of change to spare

You're not worried about $16billion steady darkness you brought to us. OBJ you're Nigeria's biggest problem.

Continue to be worried, you are part of the system.

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