Oil & gas can no longer feed Nigeria’s growing population – Obasanjo

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that with the growing population of the country, the oil and gas sector can no longer feed the nation.

Obasanjo made the declaration at the weekend, when the leadership of the apex Socio-Cultural group in Tiv land of Benue State, Mzough U Tiv (MUT) paid him ‘appreciation and friendship’ visit at his Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Penthouse residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital.

In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, the former president enjoined Nigerians to see the country as for all, “to save it and restore to what God has created it to be,” Obasanjo, who was responding to the President-General, Chief CP Iorbee Ihagh’s (rtd.) speech said.

According to him, “Only farming and agric business could tackle the nation’s growing population. Farming and agric business is what will feed the nation.”

He called on the Tiv people to focus on farming and Agric business, stressing that he had put the experience of having his farm burnt in Benue State behind him, as he hinted of having an industry established in the state next year.

Obasanjo said he was in support for the change of the leadership of the country from the North to the South, while the Middle-Belt region should continue to advocate for rotational presidency for the country.