Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday, has revealed details about his life and presidential journey.

While speaking on Saturday on a live radio interview with Segun Odegbami on Eagles7 Sports 103.7 FM, Abeokuta, Obasanjo said everything about him, including his emergence as both a military Head of State and President of Nigeria, was by accident.

Obasanjo was an ex-military Head of State before he was elected as a civilian President in 1999. He said he was a farmer by choice and not by accident, adding that he was always proud to be addressed as a farmer.

In his response to his “romance with farming”, the former president said, “I don’t like the word you used, ‘romance with farming’. I am a farmer. What do you mean by romance. Everything I have done in my life is by accident. The only thing that is not accidental is farming. Every other thing that I’ve been is by accident. And you called that romance? No! What do you mean by romance?”

“You know my beginning. I was born and bred in a village. I went to school by accident. My father just said, ‘won’t you do something different?’ So I went into farming.”

“When you look at countries that have made it, they developed on agriculture. First, for the purpose of food security; second, for the purpose of processing what they get from their farms, which is the beginning of industrialisation. Third, to give it out as export, which is for the purpose of foreign exchange; and fourth, as a means of generating employment for the youth.”

In the meantime, Obasanjo called on youths to take over leadership positions now. He added that youths should no longer condone being called the leaders of tomorrow, as tomorrow is not promised.

He noted that some scrupulous leaders would destroy the so-called tomorrow if the younger generation failed to stand up for what is rightfully theirs.

He said, “My advice for Nigerian youths is that, never let anybody tell you that you are the leaders of tomorrow. If you wait for tomorrow before you take over leadership, that tomorrow may not come. They will destroy it. This is the time, youths get up and make it happen.”

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