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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that Nigeria is not difficult to manage, blaming the country\u2019s woes on a lack of quality leadership.<\/p>\n

He maintained that the country is a complex one that must be well understood to be managed properly.<\/p>\n

The former president spoke on Wednesday in Lagos at the maiden memorial lecture in honour of the late Akintola Williams, themed, \u201cLeadership Dynamics: Current Realities and Way Forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lecture was organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, in Lagos.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always say Nigeria is a complex country. You must understand that. But Nigeria is not a difficult country to manage. You have to be honest with yourself, Nigeria and your God,\u201d Obasanjo said.<\/p>\n

He said while in office, he did his best to move the country forward.<\/p>\n

He recounted his time as president, asserting that he served the country with the resources available at his disposal, claiming the country enjoyed good economic fortunes.<\/p>\n

Obasanjo said: \u201cWhen I was there, I did everything I should do for Nigeria and I can beat my chest and say that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI took over the affairs of Nigeria as elected president with N3.7 billion in reserves and we were spending N3.5 billion to service debt, so I decided we must seek debt relief and I went out for it, even though we were the fifth country in all exporting in the world and we got debt relief.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot only did we get relief from a quantum debt of N3.36 billion, we came to a quantum debt of N3.6 billion and I left with over N25 billion in what we call excess crude, that is, the money we saved from the budget and what we actually received and we had a reserve of over N45 billion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He described the late Akintola Williams as a sage who served humanity during his lifetime.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe deserves every honour that we can confer posthumously, not for what he did for this country but what he did politically, socially and economically,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that Nigeria is not difficult to manage, blaming the country\u2019s woes on a lack of quality leadership. He maintained that the country is a complex one that must be well understood to be managed properly. 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