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Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by MrHighSea: 3:32pm On Oct 02, 2018
...will..

If APC redacts that word from their brain, they may have a headwayvto proffering solutions.
Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by litaninja(m): 3:32pm On Oct 02, 2018
Finally, this person has joined the Nuisance Squad.
Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by AdorableJosh(m): 3:35pm On Oct 02, 2018
LMAOO must be a joke, let's be reasonable please. It's not only by declaration, what mechanisms are in place to achieve this, what are the plans? Time frame? 'Soon' is not going to cut it. The world has moved beyond empty words and rhetoric, how do you plan to make all these lofty promises possible?


Just read the piece again, what a load of bull crap.

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Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by Tats(m): 3:35pm On Oct 02, 2018
Really? I thought PMB said in 2016 that west african states were already the envy of the world. grin


http://www.africanews.com/2016/12/17/west-african-states-are-the-envy-of-the-world-despite-challenges-buhari/
Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by Sop201818: 3:36pm On Oct 02, 2018
You're Correct Sir. By the time you & Dullard finish with Nigeria. It will surely become the envy of the World. ....keep deceiving the gullible ones.
Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by Nobody: 3:45pm On Oct 02, 2018
Faith without work is futile.

Nigeria is not doing anything that suggest that.
A wiseman once said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

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Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by GetCofOProperty: 3:46pm On Oct 02, 2018
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Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by Stevengold(m): 3:47pm On Oct 02, 2018
Amen Pastor!!!
Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by Akinlady(f): 3:48pm On Oct 02, 2018
He is on cheap drugs
Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by Bowwow11(m): 3:48pm On Oct 02, 2018
definitely Nigeria will be the envy of other countries but not under this present administration
Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by Rubyventures: 3:52pm On Oct 02, 2018
presidency:
Office Of The Vice President

Press Release

Nigeria Is Going To Be The Envy Of The World Soon, Says VP Osinbajo On Independence Day


“The reason why we are so optimistic is because we know that we are the best, we know we are going to excel, it may seem like it’s taking a while, and there are many problems, but every one of the over 1,000 days that I have been Vice President for, I grow stronger in my complete confidence that we are going to be the envy of the whole world in a few short years. Well, you might say that that is optimistic, why not, I am a Nigerian” – VP Osinbajo


Remarks By His Excellency, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, Vice President Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria, At The Independence Day Dinner And Gala Night Held At The State House Banquet Hall, Abuja, On Monday, October 1, 2018

Protocols

I am extremely pleased to be here to join you all at this special anniversary dinner. I also must thank you all very much for honouring our invitation to be here to celebrate our country, especially on this 58th anniversary of our Independence. I am 61 years old this year, and most of those six decades I have lived here in this country, here in Nigeria. So, I think I can say that I know Nigeria quite well.

A few years ago, a poll reported in The British Independent newspaper declared us the happiest people on earth. The same poll said that we were also amongst the most optimistic people on earth, despite everything that we’ve experienced as a nation. I agree with both assessments, in other words, that we are possibly one of the happiest in the world, but I must also add that we are by far the most humorous people on the face of the earth. Well, if you don’t agree with me, but I can tell you so many reasons why we are the most humourous.

A few months ago, an important Nigerian politician who was on his way to a trial in a court said he was abducted. And after he escaped from his abductors, he remained hiding on a tree for 11 hours. The most interesting part of that story is that many people online in particular, on the Internet, started to tell stories of different birds and how long those birds could remain perched on a tree. All these were the Nigerian contributions to that story.

Yet another very important politician insists, and still insists that the most important attribute for leadership is dancing, and boy could he dance! And for those who think that that is ridiculous at least 200,000 people voted for him in a particular election.

When I served as Adviser to the Attorney General of the Federation between 1987 and 1992, I had a driver who was always broke. But he was always so optimistic. He had 14 children, while I, his boss, had only one child at the time. And I asked him, “Why do you just keep having so many children?” Of course he had more than one wife. He said to me in Yoruba “I don’t know which of them can become President of Nigeria. So, the more I have, the better my chances.” How optimistic can you be? Only a Nigerian can be that optimistic.

Wherever we are from, from whatever part of this great country that we are from, whether we are from the North, the South-South, the South East, West, wherever, we have the same DNA. We love our country and this may not always be obvious, but you try insulting Nigeria if you are a foreigner and you will see our fierce and angry our reaction can be. A Nigerian can say the same thing, but if you’re a foreigner, don’t try it.

We love our food, we love our clothes, we love our merrymaking. We love to be successful and we love success. We are resilient, we are fair minded. Nigerians always fight for the underdog, we believe in justice and the rule of law, even though our system still can do much better. But we are by far one of the smartest and, perhaps, the most talented people on earth. And I don’t say that lightly.

In the US, Nigerians are the most educated ethnic group, not one of the most educated, but the most educated. Sixty per cent of Nigerians in the US, we are told, have college degrees. This is above the American average of 30%. And Nigerians in US are one of the highest income earners in the US, and I choose America as one example. Nigerians earn 25% more than the median US income.

The world’s fastest supercomputer was designed by a world-renowned inventor, Philip Emeagwali, a full-blown Nigerian. This means Nigeria has the patent for the world’s fastest computer. The wealthiest black African, a Nigerian. Isn’t that a good thing? We are also told that the wealthiest black woman in the world is also a Nigerian. Who knows who the next wealthiest African would be here or the next wealthiest African?

A Nigerian family, The Imafidons, who live in the UK, have been officially been declared the smartest family in the UK, a family of about six children who have excelled in their academics in incredible ways. The designer of that famous car, Chevrolet Volt, is a guy called Jelani Aliyu, he now works for the Nigerian government; super talented Nigerian from Sokoto State. And for those who think that we are only giants in technology and business, Anthony Joshua is the world’s best heavyweight boxer, for those who watch boxing.

Everybody is dancing to Nigerian music, and our traditional attires, especially our women attires and headgears have conquered Africa. Even our male attire, there’s just something about the Nigerian swag. Whether they like it or not, we Nigerians are just exceptional, we are just different. Anywhere you go, you know a Nigerian, don’t you recognize a Nigerian when you see one? You can just tell. If you see anyone reading a book on How to become self-confident, know that he is not a Nigerian, we are born self-confident.

The reason why we are so optimistic is because we know that we are the best, we know we are going to excel, it may seem like it’s taking a while, and there are many problems, but every one of the over 1,000 days that I have been Vice President for, I grow stronger in my complete confidence that we are going to be the envy of the whole world in a few short years. Well, you might say that that is optimistic, why not, I am a Nigerian.

Happy Independence Day. God bless you all.


Released by:
Laolu Akande
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity
Office of the Vice President
2nd October, 2018


grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin
Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by Ironlion1(m): 3:52pm On Oct 02, 2018
It's really painful to see men who you feel can be role model talk
senselessly and lie between their teeth. He thought this is one
of their parishes where the put stupid ideas in the scores of gullible
members. Obviously, if Nigeria will be great again it can't be under
your leadership Pastor Sir.
Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by Samade7: 3:54pm On Oct 02, 2018
grin grin grin

Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by openmine(m): 3:57pm On Oct 02, 2018
hmmmm.....

Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by biomedics(m): 4:04pm On Oct 02, 2018
This man nauseats me
Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by skyhighweb(m): 4:05pm On Oct 02, 2018
you are maddddd old people fooling them selves, this pastor like every other pastor na deceiving and fake prophecy una dey envy of who, tani, oloriburuki u n ur president n lie Mohammed and oshe that didnt give my uncle is winnings after clearing his local government primary and tinubu that didnt want ambode cause he wasnt paying his dues all una dey mad and of not God we go punish una very soon, enough of this rubbish
Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by immaculate1234(m): 4:13pm On Oct 02, 2018
shutup there liars of iniquity
Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by Righteousness89(m): 4:17pm On Oct 02, 2018
presidency:
Office Of The Vice President

Press Release

Nigeria Is Going To Be The Envy Of The World Soon, Says VP Osinbajo On Independence Day


“The reason why we are so optimistic is because we know that we are the best, we know we are going to excel, it may seem like it’s taking a while, and there are many problems, but every one of the over 1,000 days that I have been Vice President for, I grow stronger in my complete confidence that we are going to be the envy of the whole world in a few short years. Well, you might say that that is optimistic, why not, I am a Nigerian” – VP Osinbajo


Remarks By His Excellency, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, Vice President Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria, At The Independence Day Dinner And Gala Night Held At The State House Banquet Hall, Abuja, On Monday, October 1, 2018

Protocols

I am extremely pleased to be here to join you all at this special anniversary dinner. I also must thank you all very much for honouring our invitation to be here to celebrate our country, especially on this 58th anniversary of our Independence. I am 61 years old this year, and most of those six decades I have lived here in this country, here in Nigeria. So, I think I can say that I know Nigeria quite well.

A few years ago, a poll reported in The British Independent newspaper declared us the happiest people on earth. The same poll said that we were also amongst the most optimistic people on earth, despite everything that we’ve experienced as a nation. I agree with both assessments, in other words, that we are possibly one of the happiest in the world, but I must also add that we are by far the most humorous people on the face of the earth. Well, if you don’t agree with me, but I can tell you so many reasons why we are the most humourous.

A few months ago, an important Nigerian politician who was on his way to a trial in a court said he was abducted. And after he escaped from his abductors, he remained hiding on a tree for 11 hours. The most interesting part of that story is that many people online in particular, on the Internet, started to tell stories of different birds and how long those birds could remain perched on a tree. All these were the Nigerian contributions to that story.

Yet another very important politician insists, and still insists that the most important attribute for leadership is dancing, and boy could he dance! And for those who think that that is ridiculous at least 200,000 people voted for him in a particular election.

When I served as Adviser to the Attorney General of the Federation between 1987 and 1992, I had a driver who was always broke. But he was always so optimistic. He had 14 children, while I, his boss, had only one child at the time. And I asked him, “Why do you just keep having so many children?” Of course he had more than one wife. He said to me in Yoruba “I don’t know which of them can become President of Nigeria. So, the more I have, the better my chances.” How optimistic can you be? Only a Nigerian can be that optimistic.

Wherever we are from, from whatever part of this great country that we are from, whether we are from the North, the South-South, the South East, West, wherever, we have the same DNA. We love our country and this may not always be obvious, but you try insulting Nigeria if you are a foreigner and you will see our fierce and angry our reaction can be. A Nigerian can say the same thing, but if you’re a foreigner, don’t try it.

We love our food, we love our clothes, we love our merrymaking. We love to be successful and we love success. We are resilient, we are fair minded. Nigerians always fight for the underdog, we believe in justice and the rule of law, even though our system still can do much better. But we are by far one of the smartest and, perhaps, the most talented people on earth. And I don’t say that lightly.

In the US, Nigerians are the most educated ethnic group, not one of the most educated, but the most educated. Sixty per cent of Nigerians in the US, we are told, have college degrees. This is above the American average of 30%. And Nigerians in US are one of the highest income earners in the US, and I choose America as one example. Nigerians earn 25% more than the median US income.

The world’s fastest supercomputer was designed by a world-renowned inventor, Philip Emeagwali, a full-blown Nigerian. This means Nigeria has the patent for the world’s fastest computer. The wealthiest black African, a Nigerian. Isn’t that a good thing? We are also told that the wealthiest black woman in the world is also a Nigerian. Who knows who the next wealthiest African would be here or the next wealthiest African?

A Nigerian family, The Imafidons, who live in the UK, have been officially been declared the smartest family in the UK, a family of about six children who have excelled in their academics in incredible ways. The designer of that famous car, Chevrolet Volt, is a guy called Jelani Aliyu, he now works for the Nigerian government; super talented Nigerian from Sokoto State. And for those who think that we are only giants in technology and business, Anthony Joshua is the world’s best heavyweight boxer, for those who watch boxing.

Everybody is dancing to Nigerian music, and our traditional attires, especially our women attires and headgears have conquered Africa. Even our male attire, there’s just something about the Nigerian swag. Whether they like it or not, we Nigerians are just exceptional, we are just different. Anywhere you go, you know a Nigerian, don’t you recognize a Nigerian when you see one? You can just tell. If you see anyone reading a book on How to become self-confident, know that he is not a Nigerian, we are born self-confident.

The reason why we are so optimistic is because we know that we are the best, we know we are going to excel, it may seem like it’s taking a while, and there are many problems, but every one of the over 1,000 days that I have been Vice President for, I grow stronger in my complete confidence that we are going to be the envy of the whole world in a few short years. Well, you might say that that is optimistic, why not, I am a Nigerian.

Happy Independence Day. God bless you all.


Released by:
Laolu Akande
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity
Office of the Vice President
2nd October, 2018
AMEN... I BELIEVE
Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by winj3: 4:23pm On Oct 02, 2018
I suppose his position means he cannot refuse anything he is asked to say, useless mallam sidekick.
Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by nizetee: 4:27pm On Oct 02, 2018
1000 days of talking. Talk is cheap.
Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by nemynely(m): 4:29pm On Oct 02, 2018
Egbon, abeg how old did you say you were again? ........I think age-related senility is setting in on you Bros.
Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by ufuosman(m): 4:30pm On Oct 02, 2018
Nothing to talk
Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by uzogold4love: 4:31pm On Oct 02, 2018
thunder from Ethiopia fire you dere.. idiot.. you we think Nigerians are still fools abi
Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by viccgm: 4:56pm On Oct 02, 2018
Satan is the father of lies but sometimes even Satan himself is surprised how people blow lies more than him.

VP: Nigeria will soon be the envy of the world

Satan: Who told u

VP: I spoke as a pastor and a politician

Satan: Are u still a pastor?

VP: Yes naaa, v u forgotten??.

Satan: Since when??

VP: Father no vex ooo. Na joke i dey ooo. Person no fit follow u play again


Satan: Do u v some more lies for sale I want to buy please.
Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by Charleslewizy(m): 4:58pm On Oct 02, 2018
What figure of speech could this be undecided
Somebody should please help me out here
Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by bejeria101(m): 5:07pm On Oct 02, 2018
After una carry una intergrity go sambisa!
Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by Nobody: 5:14pm On Oct 02, 2018
How?
Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by SyrusdeHansome(m): 5:15pm On Oct 02, 2018
This fake pastor should stop spreading falsehood claiming it to be faith. Greatness doesn't come by accident, it comes as a result of a deliberate and concrete effort by the person or country in question. Tell us what u and your boss have put in place in the last 3 yrs that has given u the false impression that this country with shitty leaders like u will be great. Faith without the corresponding work is dead.
Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by mechanics(m): 5:22pm On Oct 02, 2018
I believe him.
Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by benabbey(m): 5:36pm On Oct 02, 2018
In your three has VP what has your party done to warrant such assertion fake party from hell
Re: "Nigeria Will Soon Be The Envy Of The World" - VP Osinbajo by ObiOgechi(m): 5:42pm On Oct 02, 2018
This man must smoked Oshodi Weed

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