Olusegun Obasanjo Quotes

Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today.
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We will work to bring an element of stability to the price of oil.
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.
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Biography

Type: Statesman
Nationality: Nigerian
Born: March 5, 1937

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