Debt is worse than leprosy - Obasanjo tackles Tinubu over borrowing comment

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has tackled President Bola Tinubu over his comment that borrowing is not leprosy, saying debt is worse than leprosy because it destroys generations. Obasanjo spoke on Friday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, at the Ajibosin Platform, a public forum themed "Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Solve Grassroots Problems and Accelerate National Development." Tinubu had in April said his administration will continue to borrow whenever necessary, insisting it should not be viewed negatively. "If we have to borrow, we borrow. Borrowing is not leprosy, we just have to work hard to be able to pay for it," Tinubu had said during a meeting with Plateau leaders led by Gove...