Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria, has spoken out about his love for agriculture.

Obasanjo revealed that he was proud to be called a farmer during a radio interview on Saturday, July 23rd.

The former President was asked about his "romance" with farming and replied;

“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 to 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 industrialization. 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.”

Obasanjo who also advised Nigerian youths to take over leadership positions in the interview stated that youths should not allow anyone to address them as leaders of tomorrow as tomorrow may never come.

He added;

“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.”

Source: https://aderonkebamidele.com/everything-i-have-done-in-life-is-by-accident-except-farming-obasanjo/