Acting President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria is one of the greatest countries in the world and will “probably” measure with the 15th largest economies in 10 years time.
According to VON, Osinbajo said this on Tuesday at the palace of Ibrahim Bello, emir of Gusau, Zamfara, during his official visit to the state.
He said Nigeria is “such an important country” because of its large and diverse nature as well as the numerous natural resources the country boasts of.
The acting president added that the federal government was committed to developing the country’s mineral resources and making efforts to ensure that all parts of the country are safe for residence and business.
“The message that l have is only to say that this country is one of the greatest countries in the world, there is no question at all about that,” Osinbajo said.
“We see that in another ten years, probably we will be measuring with the 15th largest economies in the world.
“It’s important that everywhere in our country is safe for our people to work and live and I am especially pleased to see that his royal highness has maintained this within this kingdom and anyone can approach him and everyone can live here.
“Our country’s size is important and the diversity of our people and resources are important. But we must stay together to be able to reap the fruit of our size and the development of this country.
“We must remain united to reap the fruit. There are many countries in Africa, some of them are not bigger than Zamfara state, in fact many of them are not as big as Zamfara State and they are countries in Africa.”
