‘Nigeria has no business with poverty’ — Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigeria has no justification to be poor, blaming the country’s persistent poverty partly on policies that encourage imports at the expense of local production.
The former president also recalled Nigeria’s decision to restrict rice imports in 1979, saying the policy was intended to encourage local production.“Give me one reason why Nigeria should be poor.
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