Christmas: Read OBJ's Christmas message to Nigerians

The former president admonished all and sundry the refrain from activities that would present Nigeria in bad light. He also warned against wasteful squandering of the country's resources.

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo recently sent a Christmas message to Nigerians, encouraging them to brace themselves for sacrifices in 2016. Obasanjo sent out the message after attending a church service in Abeokuta, Ogun state.

The former president admonished all and sundry the refrain from activities that would present Nigeria in bad light. He also warned against wasteful squandering of the country's resources.

“We have had downs in our economy before, we have risen up again, we have made money, we have squandered it, and we must now really, if we are sensible at all – there must be an end to squandering.

“That is the first thing by everybody. I still believe that there are still areas of government that are not serious enough. To make us feel that what is being said is something that would concern all of us.

“It would be very difficult for the people of this country to see that certain arms of government are living in luxury, while the government is asking the ordinary people to continue to make sacrifice.

“I believe that all arms of governments and the private sector should realise that if we are going to shorten the time of this hardship, if we are going to have any cushioning effects for the ordinary people, then there would have to be sacrifice made by those who have to make more sacrifice,” Obansanjo said.

- PulseNg