Former President Olusegun Obasanjo declared on Saturday in Abuja that Nigeria has now become a burial ground for policies, making the nation take two steps forward and three steps backward.
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The former President insisted that Nigeria is not short of policies to achieve greatness, but regretted that the country has overA time become a “burial ground of policies as a result of unimplemented and unexecuted policies “.
Obasanjo said: ” It is not enough for leaders to have policies or make statements. We are not short of policies in Nigeria. Unfortunately, Nigeria has become a burial ground of policies that are either unimplemented or unexecuted.
“Those who make progress achieved progress, not on the basis of wishing to make progress, but on taking actions. They do not take two steps forward and three steps backward.
“Regrettably this is what we are doing in every aspect of our national life. And as long as we are doing things this way, progress will elude us. Let us carry the ones we can carry, we cannot be a jack of all trades and master of none. “
Obasanjo made the remarks as the Special Guest of Honour at the Olusegun Obasanjo Space Centre, Abuja, during the 8th Engr Brig Gen (rtd) Micheal Agu Annual Distinguished Lecture and Awards.
The Annual Lecture and Awards were organised under the auspices of the Nigerian Institution of Space Engineers with the 2024 theme: ‘Nigeria’s 21 Years in Space 2003-2024: achievements, challenges ,and prospects.’
Former President Obasanjo was presented an Award as Grand Commander of Nigerian Space Exploration by organisers of the event.
He said when the National Space Research and Development Agency, NASRDA, was established by his administration, over 100 Nigerian engineers were sent to China for training in different categories and specialisations.
In his remarks, the Director General of the NASRDA, Dr. Matthew Adepoju said President Bola Tinubu has approved four new Satellites for the Agency following the need for Nigeria to replace its aged Satellites in orbit.
According to him, some of the aged Satellites have been de-orbitted, while others are in the process of de-orbitting.
Adepoju, who praised former President Obasanjo for his vision and foresight for knowledge acquisition and transfer through the establishment of NASRDA, said the country needs an effective and proper agency to enable it to harness the potential of space Satellites and technology.
He explained that the approval of three optical satellites and one synthetic aperture radar satellites by President Tinubu would change the narratives of Space technology for Nigeria and make NASRDA globally competitive.
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