Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday identified poor implementation of development policies by African governments as a big impediment to the prosperity of the continent.
The former president spoke in Lagos at the public presentation of the book `Making Africa Work`.
The book was co-authored by Obasanjo, Greg Mills, Jeffrey Herbst and Davies Dickie, all of the Brenthurst Foundation.
Obasanjo, who chairs the foundation, said African governments were never in want of sound development policies, but most of them suffered setbacks owing to little or no implementation.
He blamed the situation on lack of political will by leaders, poor funding and lack of continuity in governance.
Obasanjo said some ambitious policies were never executed because African countries lacked the resources to implement them.
He also said leaders did not muster the…
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