{"id":16082,"date":"2019-09-28T20:44:30","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T20:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=16082"},"modified":"2019-09-28T20:44:30","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T20:44:30","slug":"go-back-to-south-africa-obasanjo-advises-returnees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/go-back-to-south-africa-obasanjo-advises-returnees","title":{"rendered":"Go back to South Africa, Obasanjo advises returnees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Olusegun_Obasanjo\">Olusegun Obasanjo<\/a> has advised Nigerians who were evacuated from South Africa to be ready to go back to the country if a bilateral commission meeting scheduled between President Muhammadu Buhari and South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa yielded a positive outcome.<\/p>\n<p>The former President also enjoined the leadership of South Africa and Nigeria to be ready to compromise and make the right statements that would encourage evacuated Nigerians to go back to South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Obasanjo said this on Saturday, at his residence within the Olusegun Obasanjo President Library, Abeokuta while speaking with journalists on the outcome of his visit to the South African President.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised Nigerians who were evacuated from South Africa to be ready to go back to the country if a bilateral commission meeting scheduled between President Muhammadu Buhari and South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa yielded a positive outcome. 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