Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed his profound respect for four prominent Nigerians for their patriotic spirit and commitment to providing solutions to two critical situations he faced while serving as Nigeria’s military head of state.
According to him, the issue of sourcing dollars for intending pilgrims and the participation of northern women in voting during the 1979 elections that brought in late President Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari’s government were the challenges which solutions required the wisdom of some of the prominent persons.
“I had to rush to Kashim who immediately referred me to then Sultan Abubakar III and on reaching him, he asked me to decide the number to perform the Hajj which I shook my head. Meaning I could not. He said you are the head of state just decide. I still felt uncomfortable with that.
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