A former president of the country, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that he is against the calls for restructuring of the nation’s economy.
The former president while airing his view on the point stated that he has come in contact with several people who gave different explanations to back the demand, all which makes no sense.
Speaking during a recent interview with Channels TV, the former president slammed the demand for restructuring stating that he does not support it.
Speaking during the interview, the former president stated that Nigeria needs is not economic restructuring but the restructuring of our mentality.
He said: “I have asked six different people who talk about restructuring and six of them gave me different point of views. The other day some people even came to me and what they were talking about doesn’t make sense. We have a country that God has endowed.
“Now the management of that endowment is what we all have to put all our hands on. All hands must be on deck and look at how to deal with it. Some of them are nostalgic about the independence that they are restructuring. Some of them are nostalgic about immediate post independence. Some of them are nostalgic about their tribe. That is their restructuring. I cannot be part of that.
“My own restructuring is that we have to restructure our mentality. We have to restructure our mind. We have to restructure our understanding of Nigeria. What country do we want? If we decide on what country we want, then how do we get that country. How do we get the inclusiveness? How d we get every Nigerian feeling a sense of having a stake in the country?.”
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