Former President,Olusegun Obasanjo,
yesterday, said selfish leaders have hindered the growth and
progress of the country. Obasanjo, who advised that every leader to make
the interest of the governed paramount in his policies, spoke when the
leadership and members of the Scout Association of Nigeria paid him a courtesy
visit and decorated him as Messenger of Peace Ambassador for Africa at
his Presidential Hilltop mansion in Abeokuta.
Noting that the decoration had rekindled memories of when he
became Queen’s Scout, Obasanjo said for a leader to succeed he must always be
prepared at all time to face challenges, especially unexpected
challenges.
“We need a Scout spirit in our country not just for
individual benefit alone but also for services to the nation. Work collectively
and provide the leadership that will make us get progress”,he emphasised
Obasanjo further noted that the nation needs to work
collectively which the leadership that would make the nation progress in all
spheres should be provided.
He assured the group that he would help it inform President
Muhammadu Buhari to fix a date for his decoration as the Grand Patron of the
association which is automatic in line with the association’s constitution.
Earlier in his speech, Chief Commissioner of Scout Association
of Nigeria, Olusoga Sofola-Atibioke, said that the investiture of
Obasanjo as its ambassador was to help build a peaceful and formidable Africa
with special focus on Nigeria.
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