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fastest growing economy in
Africa — Buhari ON February 19, 2016 9:17 AM / IN News/ Comments By Ben Agande Abuja—President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said his
government cannot afford to
fail the huge expectations of
Nigerians, who expect it to
lead the country to greater
heights. In a keynote address at the
public presentation of a
book, ‘Nigerian Century’
written by Dare Babarinsa at
Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Centre,
Abuja, President Buhari said with the proper harnessing
of abundant human and
natural resources in the
country, it would attain its
greatness. The President, who was
represented by former
governor of Ekiti State and
deputy chairman of All
Progressives Congress in the
South, Segun Oni, noted that only a Nigeria could have
given meaning to the
indomitable spirit, boundless
energy, collective creativity,
cultural diversity and unique
sense of enterprise of Nigerians. He said: “Yes, our land is
blessed by providence with
riches in oil and gas, iron ore,
gold, limestone and almost
all the minerals of this earth. "Our soil can grow almost
any crop and our vegetation
supports animal life as varied
as creation can manifest. Our
rivers and coast lines are rich
with fishes and various kinds of life. Yet, despite these
bounties from nature, I have
no doubt that the greatest
blessings of Nigeria are the
people of Nigeria, the
wonderful people that give expression to the grandeur
and majesty of our beloved
country.” President Buhari recalled that
though Nigeria was born in
adversity, nurtured to
adolescence in the turbulence
of the colonial period and its
majesty was forged in the furnace of hard experience of
the post-colonial era, the
country had been able to
overcome its challenges to
emerge as the biggest
economy in Africa. He said: “Today, our country
has the fastest growing
economy in Africa and one of
the fastest in the world. Our
dominance is not so much
because of our wealth, but because of the tremendous
energy and resourcefulness
of our people. "How many countries of the
world can parade the likes of
Professor Wole Soyinka, Jay
Jay Okocha, King Sunny Ade
and Alhaji Aliko Dangote
literally under the same roof?" Pays tribute to pre-
independence leaders While paying tribute to the
nation’s pre-independence
leaders, the President equally
hailed former Presidents
Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru
Yar'Adua and Goodluck Jonathan for nurturing the
country’s democracy for the
past 16 years. He said: “We are in debt to
the founding fathers of our
Republic, Herbert Macaulay,
Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, Alhaji
Ahmadu Bello, Chief Obafemi
Awolowo and many other heroes of the anti-colonial
struggle. "They hoisted for us the
banner of freedom that we
are still enjoying till today.
As President, the experience
of each of my predecessors
as Chief of State has provided a guiding map for us in
moments of hard decisions
and when we have to
embrace the loneliness of
power. ‘’The 12 men: Alhaji
Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa,
General J.T.U. Aguiyi-Ironsi,
General Yakubu Gowon,
General Murtala Muhammed,
General Olusegun Obasanjo, Alhaji Shehu Aliyu Shagari,
General Ibrahim Babangida,
Chief Ernest Shonekan,
General Sani Abacha, General
Abdulsalami Abubakar,
Mallam Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Dr Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan, each had the
unique experience of
modulating and moderating
the sometimes turbulent
temper of our great country.” In his remarks, former
President Obasanjo, who
was represented by Prince
Julius Adelusi Adeluyi,
enjoined all Nigerians to
contribute to the greatness of the country. According to Obasanjo, “as
long as Nigeria has life, we
should give it hope; we
should all resolve to heal
Nigeria.” The chief presenter of the
book, former governor of
Lagos State and national
leader of the All Progressive
Congress, Bola Ahmed
Tinubu, called on the Nigerian government to discourage
the teaching of foreign
history in Nigerian schools,
noting that Nigerian children
must be taught the history of
their nation. He said the 500-page book
was a compendium bigger
than 419 and Boko Haram. The book was reviewed by
publisher of Ovation, Dele
Momodu.

this man tho' well i pray he recieves common sense

Being the best loser don't make you a winner

Okay

Since it was not Buhari that say it with his mouth wide open, then i rest my case

I believe dis is d joke of the century

God bless Goodluck Ebele Jonathan





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Fast growing could mean you were very not to long ago and currently experiencing a surge in growth but I know ours is beyond that. Nigeria's human capital changes the equation drastically, when it comes to economic growth.

I hate these speech