To address this, he opined that the youths be exposed to biographies and records of works of the nation’s heroes, saying this would go a long way in helping them in their pursuit self- advancement.
Obasanjo, who spoke at the formal presentation of the biography of a late university don and industrialist, Prof. Ayo Ogunsheye titled, ‘Ayo Ogunsheye: The workers’ economist’, maintained that exposing the youths to records of life and service of notable personalities in the country could encourage them to be serious.
The former president who extolled the virtues of Ogunsheye, said: “I want to urge family members of good Nigerians whose records we like to have but we have not had, to work towards documenting their history and achievements.
“This will help in putting right the history of our country. It will also help to impact on the younger generation who will be the leaders of tomorrow. It is necessary particularly now that we have a country where anything goes. The moral value was very high in the country in not so distant past.”
The former president stressed further that “by remembering men and women of integrity in the land, we would have helped in moving this country on the part of restitution and turn it from the status of anything goes.”
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