Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday appealed to Nigerian politicians whom he observed are still playing tribal politics to eschew such unpatriotic attitude, insisting that Nigeria could only progress if every citizen sees himself or herself first as a Nigerian before any other consideration.
Also at the weekend, Obasanjo advised the Federal Governments to use education as a tool to end the Boko Haram insurgency. He carpeted some religious leaders whom he alleged have abandoned preaching tolerance and peace to encouraging violence, extremism and materialism
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