Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria, has asserted that if God is not a Nigerian then the country would have gone into extinction.
According to the former military ruler who made this known while delivering a keynote address at Babcock University, Ilishan- Remo, he said the country’s leaders are badly handling our diversity that we are losing our identity.
His full address;
“God is a Nigerian because what we have gone through in Nigeria and what we are going through, probably, Nigeria should not be on the map of the world.
“That’s why I say God is a Nigerian. God has been kind to us; if not, the country would have ceased to exist.”
“Towards a reunification of the sacred and secular religious intervention in politics,”
“We are badly handling our diversity that we are losing our identity. And for as long as we are doing that, we are not going to get far even if we get anywhere at all. The management of our diversity must be right.
“Religion is part of our diversity. Politics is part of our diversity. Ethnicity is part of our diversity. We must manage our diversity properly. But when you mismanage diversity with impunity, it is particularly annoying. It may lead to what we may not want it to lead to.”
“I don’t know of any Nigerian who doesn’t wish Nigeria well. But I know of many Nigerians who are so unhappy with Nigeria that they may walk away from Nigeria. However, I am an incurable optimist about Nigeria. Policy Imperatives for Diversity Management: Nigeria in Comparative Perspective.”
