Just In: Obasanjo Lists 3 Most Important Lessons FG Should Learn From COVID-19

The first one is to attach great importance to the issue of food security in the country and take it more seriously in the country’s economic policies and implementations, the former president noted.

The second lesson, according to the Ogun state-born politician, is for the country to take the issue of information and communications technology more seriously He noted that Zoom and other virtual platforms have given the opportunity to meet for economic activities despite the lockdown, adding that this will be the way to go when the pandemic is over.

Obasanjo said the third lesson for Nigeria and other African countries to learn is to encourage and utilise the Africa Free Trade Agreement among countries by doing bi-lateral and multilateral trading within the continent. He also asked Nigeria and other African countries not to continue blaming the past for the current economic woes in the continent.

The former president said though the past could not be totally ignored so as not to make the same mistake of the past, Africa should not be shackled by the past rather forging ahead for meaningful development.

He said African problems are self-inflicted due to bad leadership and poor institutions bd pervasive corruption, especially in governance. “So, we should not allow ourselves to be held bound by our past,” he said.

Meanwhile, it earlier reported that Goodluck Jonathan has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari- led the Nigerian government over the management of coronavirus crisis.

Speaking at a webinar, the former president remarked that there is something positive about the fight against the scourge in Nigeria. Jonathan, however, stated that Covid-19 pandemic is capable of breeding dictators in Africa if not carefully managed.

Former president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has cautioned against the possibility of coronavirus pandemic breeding dictators in Africa as scourge exceeds five-million threshold globally. The former president issued this vital warning on Friday, May 22, while participating in a webinar organised by the Kofi Annan Foundation.

Jonathan enjoined African leaders to be careful of the way they handle the scourge which has ushered the world into unrest, adding that “all continental bodies must come up with their own minimum standards.”

“This is the time that many continental bodies must come up with their own minimum standards for any country going into an election to operate,” the former president remarked.

“Otherwise people who ordinarily would have loved to be dictators will now exploit the problem of the COVID-19 pandemic and do what is not in line with the laws of the land”.

Goodluck Jonathan has hailed the Nigerian government over the management of the coronavirus crisis in the country.

Speaking further, Jonathan hailed President Muhammadu Buhari and the state governors for taking central responses in the fight against the pandemic.

He also expressed delight in the federal government’s post- Covid-19 blueprints while commending the roles played across other levels of government.

“In Nigeria, I have seen one thing about the management of the COVID-19 which is also positive. We’ve seen the role played by the state governments, and some of the state governments are even looking post-COVID-19 era the economy of their people, ” the former president submitted.

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