Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, who represented his boss, President Muhammadu Buhari, at the G7 Summit, in Italy, on Saturday, said that the sick President is committed to rebuilding Nigeria in particular, and Africa in general.
Osinbajo, made this revelation on at the G7 Summit, and special outreach forum on Africa, which had selected African nations and Leaders including Nigeria, Guinea, Tunisia, Niger, Ethiopia, and Kenya, in attendance.
He stated that Africa is undeterred by the failures of the past, and that the continent is motivated by the incredible energy and talent of its bustling youthful population.
According to him: “Africa is confident of the future, because we have learnt; we are investing more in education, insisting on good governance, and holding ourselves to account.
“But the greatest reason for our optimism, is in the incredible energy, talent, and creativity of our young people, male and female, who are completely undeterred by the failures of the past.
“They are daily taking advantage of innovation and technology, bringing about the Africa of our dreams”, he said.
The Acting President, assured the G7 countries of Africa’s increasing collaboration in trade, counter-terrorism, and strengthening of democracy.
Osinbajo also commended the seven most industrialised nations of the world, for their support in the fight against Boko Haram terrorism.
He specifically named the US, France, and the United Kingdom, as effective partners in the Lake Chad basin.
He cited the successes of: “our joint intelligent unit, which has provided useful and timely intelligence in the war against terrorism.’’
On the progress made so far in the country, Osinbajo explained that there was massive increase in rice yield over the past two years, and distribution of fertiliser subsidies to Farmers.
According to him, the Farmers also benefited from an e-wallet system, which guarantees that the subsidies actually get to them.
He also mentioned the N-Power programme, which had started engaging some of the 500,000 young previously unemployed graduates in batches.
He described the scheme which engaged the youth as teachers, agricultural extension workers, and public health professionals as “a breakthrough in mass post-tertiary education’’.
He said the participants were recruited online in all 36 States and the FCT, mostly using mobile platforms.
Osinbajo added that, participants would soon receive their electronic tablet devices, and could access a N-Power portal containing required training materials for acquisition of more skills to carry out their duties.
Besides the G7 countries’ Leaders, other leaders at the Summit were: the Chairman of the African Union, United Nations, OECD, IMF, AfDB, and World Bank.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyema; the Special Adviser to the President on Economic Matters, Dr Adeyemi Dipeolu; the Nigeria Charge d’ Affairs in Italy, Mrs Bisi Meshioye; accompanied Osinbajo to the Summit.
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