Obasanjo Speaks on Biafra
Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has again bared his mind on the Biafra agitation:
Obasanjo attributed the situation to youth restiveness, caused by challenges facing the young people of the Eastern zone and asked: “But should we leave them with the agitation, should we leave them as elders?
“There should be agitation by the youths but should we leave them with the agitation? There is this saying that where youths are cutting trees in the forest, the elders should caution them because they are the people who know where the tree will fall,” he addeed.
Citing the Aba-made shoes and Ebonyi rice as examples, Obasanjo described the potentials of the South-East region as legendary, saying that the South-East could be the food basket of the nation.
He, however, described the challenge of youth restiveness in the region as understandable as the agitators had education and skills and yet they do not have jobs.
Obasanjo reportedly made the comments in Enugu.
