Former President of United
States of America, Bill Clinton, said yesterday in Abeokuta, Ogun State
capital, that the inability to manage the nation’s natural resources well was
one of the three major challenges Nigeria was facing as a nation.
The former US president, who
was speaking at the 18th Annual Awards of Thisday newspaper, organised to
celebrate Nigeria’s best teachers, further tasked Nigerian leaders to tackle
unemployment, brain-drain and to maximise the potential of the citizens.
The 42nd American President,
who spoke in the presence of former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo, Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun, his counterpart in Delta,
Emmanuel Uduaghan and other notable Nigerians, said Nigerian leaders mismanaged
the proceeds from oil, under-utilised technology and failed to retain its best
brains.
Clinton said: “When I became
President, my Secretary of Commerce did a lot of work in Africa before he was
tragically killed in a plane crash in 1995.
“I said he should make a list
of 10 most important countries in the world for the 21st century. Nigeria was
in the list.
“Imagine the future of the
entire continent if Nigeria fails or South Africa fails. So, you are a country
of potential. I will say you have about three big challenges.
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