{"id":50575,"date":"2022-08-11T15:45:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T14:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailynews24.ng\/?p=50575"},"modified":"2022-08-11T15:45:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T14:45:24","slug":"osinbajo-upbeat-on-new-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailynews24.ng\/osinbajo-upbeat-on-new-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Osinbajo upbeat on new Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says a Nigeria free of its past, current challenges and engaging the future with the best tools in human and material capital is within reach<a href=\"http:\/\/dailynews24.ng\">.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spokesperson for Osinbajo, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the vice-president said this when he represented President Muhammadu Buhari at the global virtual launch of Imagine Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine Nigeria is a Federal Government initiative implemented in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).<\/p>\n<p>It is aimed at answering the question, \u201cwhat it would take to transform Nigeria?\u201d and detailing the thoughts in a report.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailynews24.ng\/dss-charges-online-journalists-on-credible-reportage\/\">DSS charges online journalists on credible reportage<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the vice-president, the goal is achievable by a strong collaboration between young Nigerians, private and public sector stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a process of reflection and discussion by all Nigerians, especially young Nigerians on what the future of our country should look like.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImagine Nigeria hopes to stimulate interest and attention around issues of innovation, green economy, trust, leadership and framing a more positive national narrative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe initiative is a bold, unblinkered, exploration of the great possibilities of our nation.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Osinbajo said that one of the silver linings in the dark clouds of COVID-19 was the opportunity it gave Nigerians to reflect on its future.<\/p>\n<p>He said the pandemic also provided an opportunity for Nigerians to see how massive public health and economic challenges could so easily upend global dynamics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Nigeria, the context is even more nuanced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is the imminence of a zero-oil scenario, a large youth population in search of opportunities, the urgent imperatives of climate change, threats to the peace, stability and unity of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c But on the other end of the scale are the evident opportunities; the possibilities of a demographic dividend, being the largest economy in Africa, having perhaps the fastest growing economies in entertainment and technology in Africa; and the list goes on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The vice-president also spoke on the content of the work done by the Imagine Nigeria project team.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the report itself identified five pillars as the basis for building forward and transformation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are ambitiously described as the five pillars of change: Build a Culture of Innovation; Catalyze a Green Economy; Build trust; Facilitate a National Narrative and Lead Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pillars of change and the entire report are only the beginning of the imagining process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pillars provide some of the big ideas around which we hope the dialogues and conversations will develop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c From here on it will now be up to us all \u2013 civil society groups, public and private sector think-tanks, professional and vocational associations, socio-cultural and political groups, to open up dialogues and conversations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in her remarks, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Usman, said the launch of the project was timely.<\/p>\n<p>She said that the task of transforming Nigeria for the future was no longer a prerogative of government or a select few.<\/p>\n<p>The minister added that the entirety of the society must join in planning for the future and finding ways to address contemporary challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe launch of the project as a collective reflection is an excellent opportunity for Nigerians to come together to define the national agenda,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>On his part, Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, said the federal government was working hard to entrench a culture of innovation.<\/p>\n<p>He said government\u2019s effort was highlighted the ongoing broadband expansion using data to provide social safety nets and the development of a 500 million dollar innovation fund under the Digital and Creative Enterprise programme.<\/p>\n<p>A former Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, a member of the Imagine Nigeria High Level Panel also spoke at the event.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the importance of getting all Nigerians to think constructively about Nigeria, and to explore what the future held for Nigerians, could be over-emphasised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must have a serious conversation as to what sort of Nigeria we want.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that conversation must involve all Nigerians; particularly the youths who are easily the most dynamic and innovative demography in any nation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>There were also remarks from the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr Matthias Schmale, and the Resident Representative of the UNDP in Nigeria, Mohamed Yahya<a href=\"http:\/\/google.com\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NAN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says a Nigeria free of its past, current challenges and engaging the future with the best tools in human and material capital is within reach. 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