Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in New York said the huge development challenges facing Nigeria and the rest of Africa were excellent opportunities for groundbreaking investments and innovation.
He stated this as a guest at an interactive session hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations, a think-tank.
In his opening statement on the topic Nigeria’s Economic Prospects, the vice president hinged his discussion on four areas including population, and environment with respect to climate change.
He identified the other two areas as production especially agriculture, manufacturing and technology as well as security, and the challenges of terrorism, violent Islamic extremism, social exclusion and resource conflicts.
Osinbajo noted that what happened in the four areas in the continent in the coming years would impact positively or negatively on the fortunes of the world.
Osinbajo stated that being the most populous nation in the continent, Nigeria had a critical role to play in those four areas.
