Words matter. These are the best Yemi Osinbajo Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Nigeria is still grappling with the negative consequences of the use of opacity by senior members of government and their cronies between 1993 and 1998, awarding themselves juicy contracts in the extractive industry.
It will be wrong of us to approach our grievances by threatening to disobey the laws or by threatening the integrity of our nation.
The values of integrity and hard work are necessary for the development of our nation.
I understand the law of sowing and reaping. It is a spiritual law that has tremendous physical implications. Every time that we delay or frustrate what we can do today, leaving it till tomorrow, we hold back the future. We, too, must reap what we have sown by experiencing delays.
It doesn’t matter where one starts from; it doesn’t matter at all where you start from. It is how committed you are, how determined you are, and how hardworking you are that will ultimately make the difference.
Economic growth is not sustainable without nation-building and, even of greater importance, state building.
The most successful of the nations of the world are those who do not fall into the lure of secession but who, through thick and thin, forge unity in diversity.
The truth is that many, if not most, nations of the world are made up of different peoples – and cultures and beliefs and religions – who find themselves thrown together by circumstance.
Africa Rising is as much about improving standards of governance as it is about an increasingly confident youths and civil society. It is also about businessmen and women who are stepping beyond national borders and going global.
The Nigerian economy is a huge one.
No matter how much you pray or fast, our country cannot grow without some of us deciding to do the hard work that makes nations work.
Corruption and illicit financial flows are different. But they really must be twinned. This is because, for practical purposes, it is an eminently more sensible approach to treat most of the sources of illicit financial flows as corrupt activity, within a broader use of the term.
As we move to diversify our economy, we are particularly aware that we need oil to get out of oil.
Here in Nigeria, what makes the news is conflict between the executive and the legislature.
Railway network will support efforts to diversify the economy and enhance our export potentials.
We all know that Nigerian jollof rice is the best anywhere. We beat the Ghanaians and Senegalese hands down.
The fundamental for the sustainable growth of Nigeria is not in the hydro-carbon industry but in agriculture.
We in Nigeria have seen just how difficult it is to get back stolen assets from the international financial system, such as banks that ought not have received those funds in the first place if even the most routine questions were asked.
Many would say the reason why they steal is because they want to have an arsenal for future political exploits. It is a lie. It is greed. In any case, even if you want to do that, you have no right to do it.
There must be more rigorous enforcement of rules promoting transparency in the international banking and financial systems, especially more stringent KYC rules on customer identity, source of wealth, and even country of origin.
Our diversity as a people united is also our potential to transform our large deposits of mineral resources and use same for national development.
You don’t have to cheat or steal to be successful in life, but you must be ready to convert your challenges to opportunity.
Africa cannot afford to underestimate the power of technology to fast-track the continent’s rise. Emerging technologies have played extraordinary roles in every aspect of the continent’s most touted successes.
An active and vibrant railway system confers many benefits on the society.
There is no wisdom of man that can change men or change nations; it is the power and wisdom of God that can.
