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Ex-President Obasanjo Warns Nigeria’s Population Explosion Could Make 'Boko Haram A Child’s Play’ By 2050

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has warned that Nigeria’s surging population poses a grave threat to national stability, cautioning that failure to address it could unleash a crisis worse than Boko Haram.

Speaking on Tuesday at the inauguration of the Bakhita ICT Centre at the Catholic Secretariat in Sokoto State, Obasanjo stressed that education and knowledge remain the most potent tools for Nigeria’s survival and development.

“By the year 2050, people like the Sultan will be here. I am not praying to be here 25 years from now,” Obasanjo said.

“We will have the problem of 400 million Nigerians that have to be provided with food, work, that have to be satisfied. If we fail to prepare for that, Boko Haram of today will be a child’s play. We have to take care of it now.”

The former president urged Nigerians to embrace unity in diversity and reject divisive narratives being pushed by external actors.

“If our diversity is taken along with good governance with everybody being included, then we will get there. Not only will we be respected, we will be counted among the leading nations of the world,” he said.

Obasanjo also commended Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah for spearheading the ICT project, describing the new centre as a facility for all Nigerians—irrespective of ethnicity, religion, or gender.

In his remarks, the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, thanked Obasanjo for gracing the occasion and urged Nigerians to emulate his commitment to promoting unity.

The Sultan stressed the urgent need for collective action in tackling insecurity and fostering development.

Representing Governor Ahmad Aliyu of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aminu Dikko, the Chief of Staff to the state government, praised both Obasanjo and the Catholic Diocese for the initiative.

He assured that the state government remains committed to promoting technology education as a way of creating opportunities for future generations.

Madmohamed1:
Other countries like China and India using there their population as a weapon to the western world Nigeria using there their own to for terrorism obj please next time make it clear to Northern Nigeria.

chiagozien:
OBJ the only sensible Yoruba man I have seen.


Obasanjo is greater than Awolowo and Abiola combined.

iwaeda:
I pray sincerely for Kwara.

Richtaiwo:
So what is Obj suggesting?

That we should reduce our population or what?

Brendaniel:
No, that people like you and those in power should start applying logic and common sense in terms of population growth

Richtaiwo:
The progress of those countries lie on their citizens who have taken time to study hard and come up with several productive outcomes. Those citizens aren't like most illiterate Nigerians who keep hoping the government will one day start crediting their accounts with trillions of naira every month.

For instance, do you know some Nigerians don't understand the difference between "there" and "their" even though English is the official language of communication? A good example is the comment I just quoted. Something as basic as punctuation is also a rocket science to them.

Brendaniel:
I'm sure you deliberately didn't read the news or maybe did not comorehend the recent news about China sentencing some of their leaders to death for corruption, In everything you wrote here you only blamed the citizens for the problems if Nigeria without holding those in power accountable.

So you think Chinese citizens just became patriotic without the leaders being more patritotic in example to them?

You guys just come and talk nonsense to support the evil in Aso rock destroying Nigeria...

Richtaiwo:
Okay chinedu

Richtaiwo:
On front page, there is a report of 10 and 17 year old in Anambra who were paid to kidnap a baby. You should be there explaining that level of degradation rather than hopping in and out of my mention on all threads.

iwaeda:
Obasanjo stressed that education and knowledge remain the most potent tools for Nigeria’s survival and development.

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has warned that Nigeria’s surging population poses a grave threat to national stability, cautioning that failure to address it could unleash a crisis worse than Boko Haram.

Speaking on Tuesday at the inauguration of the Bakhita ICT Centre at the Catholic Secretariat in Sokoto State, Obasanjo stressed that education and knowledge remain the most potent tools for Nigeria’s survival and development.


“By the year 2050, people like the Sultan will be here. I am not praying to be here 25 years from now,” Obasanjo said.

“We will have the problem of 400 million Nigerians that have to be provided with food, work, that have to be satisfied. If we fail to prepare for that, Boko Haram of today will be a child’s play. We have to take care of it now.”

The former president urged Nigerians to embrace unity in diversity and reject divisive narratives being pushed by external actors.


“If our diversity is taken along with good governance with everybody being included, then we will get there. Not only will we be respected, we will be counted among the leading nations of the world,” he said.

Obasanjo also commended Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah for spearheading the ICT project, describing the new centre as a facility for all Nigerians—irrespective of ethnicity, religion, or gender.

In his remarks, the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, thanked Obasanjo for gracing the occasion and urged Nigerians to emulate his commitment to promoting unity.

The Sultan stressed the urgent need for collective action in tackling insecurity and fostering development.

Representing Governor Ahmad Aliyu of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aminu Dikko, the Chief of Staff to the state government, praised both Obasanjo and the Catholic Diocese for the initiative.

He assured that the state government remains committed to promoting technology education as a way of creating opportunities for future generations.


https://saharareporters.com/2025/10/01/ex-president-obasanjo-warns-nigerias-population-explosion-could-make-boko-haram-childs

chiagozien:
OBJ the only sensible Yoruba man I have seen.


Obasanjo is greater than Awolowo and Abiola combined.

Madmohamed1:
Other countries like China and India using there population as a weapon to the western world Nigeria using there own to terrorism obj please next time make it clear to Northern Nigeria.