Nigeria At 60: I Disagree With A Bleak View Of Our History, Says Osinbajo

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Nigeria At 60: I Disagree With A Bleak View Of Our History, Says Osinbajo

The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, gives a speech virtually at the NBA Annual General Conference on August 27, 2020.As Nigerians, including public commentators, reflect on the country’s journey to nationhood over the past 60 years, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN has called on the youth not succumb to the challenges confronting the nation, noting that young Nigerians hold the key to a more united, peaceful and prosperous nation.

According to him, “I urge you to guard your hearts and protect your capacity for idealism and creative optimism. These are the tools with which you will build the Nigeria of our dreams. We have a future worth fighting for.“Your generation has what it takes to move us away from the destructive and unproductive rent-seeking attitudes that engender conflict and on to the terrain of enhanced productivity.

He said “Much of the discontent and tensions that we have are distributional conflicts ignited by the struggle for access to tangible and intangible resources. As resources become scarcer, identity-based claims to a share of the national patrimony become more aggressive and lead increasingly to conflict. Under these circumstances, we are liable to see each other as competitors and rivals instead of compatriots and eventually we begin to demonize each other as “enemies.

“Inspired by constitutional imperatives, we created institutions such as Federal Government Colleges otherwise known as Unity Schools and the National Youth Service Corps to foster cohesion and solidarity amongst our diverse people. And we instituted the Federal Character principle to govern the democratization of opportunity, participation, and representation in our public institutions.

His words: “It is important that we do not raise our voices only when we perceive the rights of our own group to have been violated. We must make common cause with other groups when they are injured because our rights are rooted in universal principles that cannot be selectively applied.

 

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ProfOsinbajo

YOU ARE A MUMU MAN

This country ah

Of course you would disagree when you sit in wealth and the masses are suffering.why would you not believe in your illusion that all is well until the masses wake up and take back what is rightfully theirs

Why would he not disagree... The history must be bright from his point of view. I would disagree too if I was the current VP.

Osinbajo photoshop, Nigeria where is the VP president of the zoo called Nigeria

Some are even giving myopic view. They are trying to rewrite history to fit their narratives. Nigeria is bigger than all of them. And our generation can really move this nation forward with unity in our diversity

The next 60 years..... is BRIGHTER. Please I’ve see the-future in the eyes of our youths. Nigeriaat60 AfricanGiant NigeriaAt60 abikedabiri MBuhari

This guy go just dey blow grammar upon grammar with nothing positive to show for reality

Pastor!! pastor!!!

Sir abeg go seat 💺 down for one place abeg

You are a mumu man

Nothing last forever.

He has lost his sincerity and doesn't deserve to be listened to NotYetIndependent

Can he just rest?

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