Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo is very angry at those comparing the nation with other African countries.
Osinbajo said; “Nigeria should not be compared with smaller African countries, in terms of economic prosperity. First, there is a need to appreciate the size of the country, which is crucial to understanding what the issues are.”
“For instance, Borno is about the size of the whole of the UK plus Sweden or Denmark.”
“When they talk about economy, we are often compared with smaller African countries, but there are 10 states in Nigeria that have bigger GDPs than those countries, it is a huge target market.”
“Integrity, transparency and social justice are important to me and I came into the government with these values. Just looking at these values, there is a great deal of unanimity about what is the right thing to do.”
“The question is whether or not you will do those things, or whether you are motivated enough to do them, or whether you are compelled to do them.”
“Spirituality helps in that sense to help you to decide what to do and what not to do; especially where institutions are not strong enough to restrain people from behaving in a particular way or not.”
“I came into government with values about what I think is important, especially around transparency, social justice and justice, among others. You are almost always a product of the values you believe in.”
