Daily Inspiration Quote by Olusegun Obasanjo

Nigeria has no business with poverty is the kind of moral verdict that doubles as a political dare. Obasanjo frames deprivation not as fate or even misfortune, but as mismanagement: an illegitimate condition in a nation so richly stocked with oil, land, and people. The line works because it flips the usual script. Instead of asking citizens to endure hardship for some distant payoff, it scolds the state for allowing an outcome that should be impossible on paper.

The subtext is a tight braid of promise and self-justification. By invoking human and material resources, Obasanjo signals technocratic confidence: the tools are already here; only willpower and governance are missing. That is also a convenient relocation of blame. If poverty persists, it is not because the world is unfair, but because institutions leak, elites hoard, and policy choices fail. The phrase we shall strive is doing careful work, too: it projects resolve while leaving room for the slow grind of bureaucracy and political compromise.

Context sharpens the edge. Obasanjo’s public life is entangled with Nigeria’s long argument about why abundance has not translated into broad prosperity: the resource curse, corruption, debt, and uneven development across regions. Coming from a statesman who has held real power, the statement reads as both indictment and audition. It invites Nigerians to judge leaders by outcomes, not rhetoric, while implicitly asking them to trust that this time the country’s wealth will finally be converted into lives that feel dignified.