“So, we must continue to hold ourselves together, pray and understand all the factors and the elements that are making us not be the giant, but the dwarf of Africa and how we can get out of it, and I believe and pray that we will get out of it,” Mr. Obasanjo made this statement at a lecture in Abeokuta organised to commemorate his 86th birthday over the weekend.NYSC Portal

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“God has created Nigeria for a great purpose. At independence, the world did not refer to Nigeria as a giant in Africa. They referred to Nigeria as a giant in the sun; Nigeria was more than a giant in Africa,” said the ex-president who discredited the results of the presidential election held on February 25.

“It was a giant in the sun. But not only have we not been giants in the sun. We have not even been giants in Africa. Some people called us giants with clay feet.”JAMB Result

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