Former
President Olusegun Obasanjo has said criticisms against the
establishment of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta
have motivated him to complete the multi-billion naira project.
He said this at a regional forum organised by the
Institute for African Culture and International Understanding in
Abeokuta on Thursday.
Obasanjo believed he would bequeath an enduring legacy to humanity through the library.
Notable Nigerians, including Nobel Laureate, Prof.
Wole Soyinka, had condemned the library, which hosts a United Nations
Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation Category 2 Institute.
The critics noted that the ex-president’s fund-raiser
for the project, while still in power, contradicted his anti-corruption
crusade.
Obasanjo, however, expressed enthusiasm about the ongoing construction and progress of the library, despite the criticisms.
He spoke after the former Executive Secretary,
National Universities Commission, Prof. Peter Okebukola, and the
Director, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Prof.
Isaac Albert, delivered their papers on how to promote African cultural
expressions and diversities.
Obasanjo believed the library would enhance research
works, advance the frontiers of knowledge and provide relevant
information for the overall benefit of humanity.
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