Olusegun obasanjo

When I left office in 1979, I was about the only one who had really left public office on my own.

Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today.

I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge that our foreign friends are welcome to join in our endeavor to develop the resources of our country.

We will work to bring an element of stability to the price of oil.

We will as soon as possible reexamine our laws and policies and eliminate all obstacles to genuine investment.

I will not say the fact that there are no European Union observers at an election means that it will not be fair and free.

The givers of most of the corruption in Africa are from outside Africa.

If I am not above the law, nobody in this country can then claim to be above the law.

There is no part of the world where corruption is absolutely eliminated.

What the oil producer gets paid is about 16 percent. The majority of it is tax, which in fairness to the government of this country they have accepted and admitted.