{"id":79987,"date":"2023-01-13T12:24:36","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T11:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2023-obasanjo-identifies-major-issues-nigerias-next-president-must-address"},"modified":"2023-01-13T13:36:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T12:36:12","slug":"2023-obasanjo-identifies-major-issues-nigerias-next-president-must-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-obasanjo-identifies-major-issues-nigerias-next-president-must-address","title":{"rendered":"2023: Obasanjo identifies major issues Nigeria\u2019s next president must address"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has identified the major issues Nigeria\u2019s next president must address upon assuming office.<\/p>\n<p>Obasanjo disclosed that the country\u2019s next president must address the issue of insecurity, like banditry and kidnapping.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a virtual engagement organised by Africa Leadership Group, the former president said Nigeria must move beyond think-tank to do-tank.<\/p>\n<p>Obasanjo said Nigeria\u2019s next president must understand the country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>The former president said Nigeria\u2019s next president should be critically, clinically sound and should have the right character and skills to turn things around.<\/p>\n<p>According to Obasanjo: \u201cI hope the man who will be the next president, will be the type of leader, who will understand the economy, and that\u2019s very important.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he understands the economy, there are many things he must do including; doing something on fuel subsidy. Also, the country\u2019s debt is not too good; something has to be done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe amount of petroleum products being stolen in the country is mind-boggling. The level of corruption in other areas too is mind-boggling. Also, banditry and kidnapping have become the order of the day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople won\u2019t invest in a country that is not secured, where travelling by road or train is unsafe. Unless there\u2019s investment, there won\u2019t be growth in the economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany Nigerians lack political education. It doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re fully educated or have a university degree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is coming a few weeks after Obasanjo endorsed the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi.<\/p>\n<p>Obasanjo\u2019s endorsement was contained in a letter to the Nigerian youths, where he advised them on the choice of leaders to settle for in the forthcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has identified the major issues Nigeria\u2019s next president must address upon assuming office. Obasanjo disclosed that the country\u2019s next president must address the issue of insecurity, like banditry and kidnapping. Speaking at a virtual engagement organised by Africa Leadership Group, the former president said Nigeria must move beyond [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":79986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1571,1570,2140,254,479],"class_list":["post-79987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-1571","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nigeria","tag-obasanjo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2023: Obasanjo identifies major issues Nigeria\u2019s next president must address - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has identified the major issues Nigeria\u2019s next president must address upon assuming o ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-obasanjo-identifies-major-issues-nigerias-next-president-must-address\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2023: Obasanjo identifies major issues Nigeria\u2019s next president must address\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has identified the major issues Nigeria\u2019s next president must address upon assuming o ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-obasanjo-identifies-major-issues-nigerias-next-president-must-address\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-13T11:24:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-13T12:36:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1673600082.58.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1728\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1152\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-obasanjo-identifies-major-issues-nigerias-next-president-must-address#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-obasanjo-identifies-major-issues-nigerias-next-president-must-address\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"2023: Obasanjo identifies major issues Nigeria\u2019s next president must address\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-13T11:24:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-13T12:36:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-obasanjo-identifies-major-issues-nigerias-next-president-must-address\"},\"wordCount\":305,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-obasanjo-identifies-major-issues-nigerias-next-president-must-address#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1673600082.58.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2023\",\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Nigeria\",\"Obasanjo\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-obasanjo-identifies-major-issues-nigerias-next-president-must-address#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-obasanjo-identifies-major-issues-nigerias-next-president-must-address\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-obasanjo-identifies-major-issues-nigerias-next-president-must-address\",\"name\":\"2023: Obasanjo identifies major issues Nigeria\u2019s next president must address - 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