Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, said a former President told him he signed the unbanning of toothpick importation without reading the document stressing that until the nation gets the right leadership the problems will continue.
Obasanjo, added that God has no hands in the mirage of problems facing Nigeria.
Obasanjo who stated this while chairing the 38th Kaduna International Trade Fair Seminar with the theme; “Promoting Public Private Partnership as Panacea for Accelerated Growth and Development” said Nigerians should stop blaming God for the nation’s problems.
The former President also identified inconsistency in policies as one of the factors affecting the country: “I banned importation of toothpick in 1977, because it was the most stupid thing to import when we can produce it here. But, about 40 years after, one of the
Presidents that came after me, I won’t mention his name, unbanned toothpick. Then, I put on my Babanriga and went to Abuja to express my shock about the policy, but to my greatest surprise, the President told me, he signed the document unbanning toothpick without reading it. Until we get the right leadership, the problem will continue,” he maintained.
Speaking on the Public-Private Partnership, Obasanjo emphasised that lack of synergy in public-private sectors is responsible for the set back in the nation’s economy and growth.
Obasanjo, however, said that public and private sectors must work together to accelerate growth and development.
Source: Leadership
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