Former Military Head of State of Nigeria General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (Rtrd), has said he has started visualising a good Nigerian leader that will be the next president of Nigeria.

He also said that the Nigerian  next president must speak to the citizens, understand economics, and have friends in every region.

He said this while speaking with Arise TV on Friday.

Babangida said he has seen Nigerians who have the qualities he described, and they are in their sixties.

He said: “If you get a good leadership that links with the people and tries to talk with the people; not talking on top of the people, then we would be okay,”.

“I have started visualising a good Nigerian leader. That is, a person who travels across the country and has a friend virtually everywhere he travels to, and he knows at least one person that he can communicate with.

“That is a person, who is very versed in economics and is also a good politician, who should be able to talk to Nigerians and so on. I have seen one, or two or three of such persons already in his sixties. I believe so if we can get him.”

“I do believe in the future of Nigeria, but Nigerians don’t believe in the future of their country. They created and they destroyed.”

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“I believe you should give people more control over their affairs, over their resources,”.

“There is too much control in the way the economy is being run. We should open it further. If we do that, I think we will go far.”

“But mention it to some people in this country, but mention it to a lot of people in this country and somebody will cut off your head.”