Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says although Nigeria has been known globally as one of the leading producers of crude oil, the reputation of the country in the near future will be based on the imagination and creativity of Nigerians.

Prof. Osinbajo stated this in a virtual message to the 2020 Art of Technology conference themed: “Smart data, Smarter Lagos”, today.

According to Prof. Osinbajo “it is now evident that within the next decade Nigeria will cease to be a country whose main contribution to the world is crude oil. The resources that we have which are increasingly in high demand globally, are your capacity for innovation, your imagination, your creative content and your highly adaptive solutions. Your minds and workspaces are the refineries of the present and the future.

“We are finally embracing the true logic of true wealth, it is not being a primary producer, it is about value-added, it’s about maximally leveraging what you have, technology, and in particular data offers that incredible opportunity.”

Osinbajo noted that “as we contend with the challenge of providing the means of self-actualization for nearly 200 million people and one of the world’s fastest-growing populations, it is clear that we must marshal the resourcefulness and ingenuity of our citizens in the quest for development and growth. Developmental governance in the 21st century is about continuously deploying innovative solutions against our most complex challenges.”

Speaking about the adoption of innovative solutions to address some complex issues bothering on governance and the economy, the Vice President said that “smart cities leverage data to make decisions across board. Economic data, consumption data, demographic data, population data, health data, are all important factors. Across all levels of government, we need to raise our capacity to harvest, track, and analyze data and ground policies in empirical evidence.”

He added that “Data is at the heart of developmental governance. Indeed, I would argue that governments need big data even more than corporations do. Whether we are discussing urban planning and public administration or economic planning and security strategy, it is impossible to attain mastery over these fields without a healthy regard for data.”

Read more: https://www.chronicle.ng/2020/12/nigerians-innovative-creative-osinbajo/

But the system is holding them for ransoms. Against their wishes so that the corrupt rich people can benefit.

Then you people should put machineries in place for business to thrive.

Hnmm

But the system is a killer of joy

what about the government? I guess you guys are the OPPOSITE of innovative, abi?

Common traffic lights from Bonny Camp all the way down to Chevron on Lekki-Epe have been turned off

Ordinary Traffic Lights

yeah, sooo innovative

Who isn't ?

innovative, yet following the likes of Bubu, Tinubu, Wiked Wike and other thuggish ruggish rubbish politicians.

they will still line up like sheep led to the slaughter to vote for leaders that continue to kill every part of the country

and as long as you can activate their tribal hate, their mental state is further clouded

innovative, yeah, 21st century and you have no traffic lights active on the same street that the likes of Mobil, Foreign Hotels and a host of other GLOBAL business, pay TAX

abeg don't get me started, Mr. Vice President

Unfortunately, the same can't be said of our politicians despite the useful resources at their disposal

STFU Mr man,sit up and start working
stop preaching what we already know

This can be backed by what our entrepreneurs are doing and how they have been adding to the economy. The government need to always encourage the Nigerians by creating an enabling environment.

Na so

Which of the Nigerians? Certainly not the beheaders and Hisbah

It is high time Nigeria shift attention from only crude oil, we need to divisify.

Innovative ideas are the real reasons behind problem solving in this age and staying relevant in the world of today means you need to have it (innovative ideas). And, innovation allows for growth and development.

-Theory politician. Anything he sees in a book, whether relevant to the present situation or not, he will come out and spout off.

Yes we are more creative but we need to diversify our contents to other lucrative and productive things

aribisala0:
Which of the Nigerians? Certainly not the beheaders and Hisbah

The same Nigeria you know

Yes it’s about maximally leveraging what we have, technology, and in particular data offers that incredible opportunity

Yenefer:
But the system is holding them for ransoms. Against their wishes so that the corrupt rich people can benefit.

who is telling you this rubbish?

PDJT:
-Theory politician. Anything he sees in a book, whether relevant to the present situation or not, he will come out and spout off.

I guessed you are under hallucination

We are a blessed nation we just need to diversify

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Naturopathic:

I guessed you are under hallucination

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