VIDEO: Obasanjo Jokes ‘I’m The Father Of Frustrated Nigerian Youths’ During Meeting With Charly Boy

A video has shown former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, saying that he the father of “frustrated Nigerian youths.”

Obasanjo stated this on Friday when he recieved music veteran and activist, Charly Boy in his house.

In the video, Charly Boy, had during the meeting, described himself as the “president of frustrated youths of the country.”

He said in pidgin, “If as the president of frustrated youths of this country, na me be their president, okay?. Me myself I dey frustrated.”

But while he was about to continue speaking, Obasanjo briefly interrupted him.

“(You said) you’re president of frustrated Nigerian youths?” the ex-president asked to which Charly Boy replied “yes”.

“I am their father,” Obasanjo joked. His joke elicited applause from those at the meeting.

Continuing, the singer, thereafter lamented the challenges confronting youths in the country and asked Obasanjo to advise them.

“If you’re asked to advise young Nigerians in a toxic environment and going through a lot to give them hope –because we have a serious battle in our hands — what would you say?” he asked.

In his response, Obasanjo blamed Nigeria’s current situation on leadership, adding that the trend would only change with a new crop of leaders.

“That we are poor and frustrated is not the fault of God, it is the choice of our leaders. And if you are going to change that, change our situation, you have to change leadership. And there’s nobody that will do that other than the youth,” he said.

“I always say, Nigeria is my own baby, the one I want to put a beautiful bead on its waist, not an individual.

“In the north, they say, ‘La mu la muni’. ‘Tiwa n tiwa’, in south-east, it’s ‘Nka bu ka nyi.’ Now, that is not the issue, the issue is Nigeria.”

Watch the video below of the meeting below