Olusegun Obasanjo Quotes & Sayings

We will work to bring an element of stability to the price of oil. — Olusegun Obasanjo

Let me make a solemn pledge before all of you, before the whole world and before God, that I will devote all my energy and all I possess in my power to serve the people of Nigeria and humanity. — Olusegun Obasanjo

School is not meant for the poor, only for the rich. — Olusegun Obasanjo

I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge that our foreign friends are welcome to join in our endeavor to develop the resources of our country. — Olusegun Obasanjo

At the same time, African aims to intensify cooperation with China in the fields of trade, investment and agriculture. — Olusegun Obasanjo

Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country. — Olusegun Obasanjo

There is no part of the world where corruption is absolutely eliminated. — Olusegun Obasanjo

We will as soon as possible reexamine our laws and policies and eliminate all obstacles to genuine investment. — Olusegun Obasanjo

I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end. — Olusegun Obasanjo

I am a black man inside and outside and you are white men on the outside, but inside, you are Africans like me. — Olusegun Obasanjo

another drawback is inadequate training. Management training on a regular basis is a sine-qua-non for good performance in management. The principles of management are basically the same as they involve men, money and materials. Applications vary slightly depending on the nature of what is being managed, at what level and for what purpose. New ideas, innovations and new practices may emerge from time to time which a manager needs to be conversant with. Otherwise he will be way behind or even obsolete. Training and exposure act as tonic for renewal and reshaping of a manager. There can be no adequate substitute for such training, interaction and exposure until one ceases to be an active manager. To think that once one is in management position, there is no further need for training through formal and informal interaction and exposure is, I believe, the height of folly. — Olusegun Obasanjo

North and south must also adopt measures to arrest the growing phenomenon of illegal capital flight and the repatriation of illicit wealth siphoned abroad by corrupt political leaders and their collaborators back to their countries of origin, — Olusegun Obasanjo

What the oil producer gets paid is about 16 percent. The majority of it is tax, which in fairness to the government of this country they have accepted and admitted. — Olusegun Obasanjo

Femi Fani Kayode is my boy. Provide him food, he will eat and then sing for you. He's a smart boy — Olusegun Obasanjo

The givers of most of the corruption in Africa are from outside Africa. — Olusegun Obasanjo

Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy, it is often of our dedication to the principle of the rule of law. — Olusegun Obasanjo

If I am not above the law, nobody in this country can then claim to be above the law. — Olusegun Obasanjo

When I left office in 1979, I was about the only one who had really left public office on my own. — Olusegun Obasanjo

My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door, no human can shut it. — Olusegun Obasanjo

Even Jesus Christ cannot conduct a free and fair election in Nigeria. — Olusegun Obasanjo

If you deceive me once shame on you because I have trusted you once and you have deceived me, if you deceive me twice shame on me because I have learnt my lessons and you have deceive me and if you deceive me for the third time shame on me because am a compound fool. — Olusegun Obasanjo

We regard America and Europe as old friends. We keep old friends, but we make new friends in Japan, India, and China. — Olusegun Obasanjo

Democracy should be nurtured and sustained in Nigeria and in our part of the world — Olusegun Obasanjo

Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today. — Olusegun Obasanjo

My joy knows no bounds ... I will devote all my energy and all the powers available to me to the service of Nigeria and humanity. — Olusegun Obasanjo

I will not say the fact that there are no European Union observers at an election means that it will not be fair and free. — Olusegun Obasanjo

Yet there comes a time in the life of a patriot when abdication would amount to a betrayal if not outright treachery. — Olusegun Obasanjo

I don't see why anybody should worry, — Olusegun Obasanjo

Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria twice but stood by the country in its fight against dictatorship and injustice. — Olusegun Obasanjo

To feed our people we must first feed our soil — Olusegun Obasanjo

Fighting corruption is not a one-night affair. — Olusegun Obasanjo