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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday
commended Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of
Facebook, for his simplicity, but he said
successful people in Nigeria do not jog and sweat
on the streets like the entrepreneur did in Lagos.

The president also commended Zuckerberg for
sharing his wealth of knowledge with Nigerian
youths, and inspiring a new generation of
entrepreneurs.

Buhari said this while receiving the Facebook chief
at the state house on Friday.
“Nigeria has always been identified as a country
with great potentials for growth, especially with our
youthful population, but now we are moving beyond
the potentials to reality,” he said in a statement
issued by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman.
“I am impressed by your simplicity in sharing your
knowledge and wealth with those with less
income.”

Buhari said that the simplicity and magnanimity of
the entrepreneur, the world’s 6th richest man as of
August 2016, had also challenged the culture of
lavish wealth display and impulsive spending that
had become peculiar to Nigerians.
“In our culture, we are not used to seeing successful
people appear like you. We are not used to seeing
successful people jogging and sweating on the
streets,” he said.
“We are more used to seeing successful people in
air-conditioned places. We are happy you are well-
off and simple enough to always share.”
In his remarks, Zuckerberg said he was impressed
by the interest, energy and entrepreneurial spirit
displayed by young Nigerians in all the ICT camps
that he had visited.
“I was highly impressed by the talent of the youths
in the Co-creation Hub in Yaba. I was blown away
by their talent and the level of energy that I saw,’’
he said.

Zuckerberg said he was in the country to promote
the penetration of “fast and cheap” internet
connectivity, express-wifi that would help people
create online businesses and reduce poverty.
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