Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has bared it all on how he pulled through “diabetes”, a disease he was diagnosed with 40 years ago.
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| Olusegun Obasanjo. Former President of Nigeria |
Obasanjo made this known while addressing a gathering on Sunday 13 November, during a novelty match between the All-stars Football Club of Abeokuta and the former Super Eagles.
The novelty match was put together by the Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation, as part of activities marking this year’s World Diabetes Day.
The former President of Nigeria said: “I was diagnosed with diabetes 40 years ago, and I am still fit and active. But there were people who were diagnosed, and within five years, they died. The difference is education, lack of education, or carelessness, not managing the disease.
“So, the theme for me is ‘Education for Management.’ You can live up to any age, and in any case, none of us is 100 percent well. We are all carrying one illness or another.
“Knowing what you should do and what you should not do; knowing what you should eat and what you should not eat, and doing everything in moderation matter.
“As a diabetic person, you must not take sugar. Any carbohydrate, you take it moderately, once you know that and you go by it, you are fine.”
Obasanjo further added, that a diabetes patient can live for as long as, if he/she strictly follows the “dos and don’ts” of the disease.
He said: “The problem of diabetes is a problem of knowledge and education: knowledge to know that it is not a curable disease, but a manageable disease.”
The All-stars Football Club of Abeokuta emerged victorious over the former Super Eagles by two goals to one in the novelty football match.
