Obasanjo Laments Nation's Predicament, Charges Youths to Take Back Their Country


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*Conferred with NYCN 'Father of the Nation' honour

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday declared that he was weeping over Nigeria’s predicament, and charged the youths to take back their country.
Obasanjo, who spoke at his Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun State, while being honoured as 'Father of the Nation' by the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), said he weeps for Nigeria.
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He charged the youths to take back their
country and save it from what he described as "the gradual slide to anarchy and economic hiatus."

Speaking during the conferment of the honour, the NYCN President, Nihi Oladele, and his predecessor, Ikenga Ugochinyere, who led a delegation of other youth leaders and delegates to the Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta, Ogun State, said their reason for conferring the title on the former president was due to his "outstanding contributions, ideas and benevolence towards Nigerian youths over the years."

Ugochinyere and the visiting youth leaders also donated N1million to the Obasanjo Library.

He noted that young people across Nigeria raised the funds in appreciation of Obasanjo's leadership.

Accepting the title, Obasanjo said he weeps for Nigeria.

He charged the youths to take back their
country and save it from what he described as "the gradual slide to anarchy and economic  hiatus."


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