Former Military Head of State and President, Olusegun Obasanjo has proffered that the growing population of the country could only be sustained by agribusiness and not oil and gas.
Obasanjo, a renowned agropreneur, said this when the leadership of the apex socio-cultural group in Tivland of Benue State, Mzough U Tiv, MUT, paid him an ‘appreciation and friendship’ visit over the weekend at his Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Penthouse residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, the former president urged Nigerians to see the country as for all, “to save and restore her to what God has created her to be.”
Responding to the President-General of the group, Iorbee Ihagh, a retired Police commissioner, Obasanjo said: “Only farming and agric business could tackle the nation’s growing population. Farming and agric business is what will feed the nation.
“If Nigeria is ready to get it right, the 2023 election should be a turning point. We should not go for emotion that will destroy us.”
Ihagh earlier in his speech stated that the reason for the group’s friendship visit “is basically to interface with you as our former Head of State, a political Pillar, a nationalist and elder statesman to appreciate your overwhelming love, passion and concern you have demonstrated over the Tiv people.”
