Obasanjo Recounts 1999 Economic Crisis, Stresses Need for Anti-Corruption at Afreximbank Forum
July 8, 2025 | Cairo, Egypt Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revisited the economic challenges that greeted his administration in 1999, highlighting the urgent and difficult reforms that were necessary to steer Nigeria back from the brink of collapse. Speaking at the 32nd Afreximbank Annual Meetings, Obasanjo recalled that Nigeria was burdened with an unsustainable