Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on rich and wealthy Nigerians to come to the aid of the less-privileged members of the society.
He made this call at a carol organised by him in the Chapel of Christ The Glorious King, located inside the premises of Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State, on Tuesday night.
He said there were many of such people in the society.
He said, “I want to appeal to the rich in the society to always remember the less privileged in the society. There are many children without hope out there. We should come to their aid. There are boys and girls in our communities with such problem.”
Obasanjo cited an example of a gospel musical group from Ibadan, made up of orphans, who entertained guests at the event.
He added, “They have been part of us here and I want to thank the governor for promising to assist them after I had told him about their plight. For us with hope, we should help them.”
The former president also called on private investors to come to Ogun State and invest, given the infrastructural development and relative peace being enjoyed in the state.
He appealed to the former Head of Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan, and other industrialists, who were indigenes of the state, to use their connections in the private sector to attract more industries to the state.
Obasanjo said he shared Shonekan’s view, as expressed at the carol service organised by the state government on Monday, that the state had witnessed infrastructural transformation, peace and security under the current administration.
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