Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo sharply criticized President Bola Tinubu's borrowing policies on Monday, declaring that the country's mounting debt is "worse than leprosy" and could destroy generations of Nigerians, according to reports from Punch and Premium Times. Obasanjo's remarks came in direct response to Tinubu's recent characterization of debt as not being akin to leprosy. "And for anybody to say debt is no leprosy, is absolute nonsense," Obasanjo said, according to Premium Times. "Debt is worse than leprosy. Because leprosy destroys only one person. Debt destroys generations."