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Nigeria Has The Fastest Growing Economy In Africa Today – Buhari

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President  Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, February 18, 2016 lauded the efforts of his administration since assumption of office on Friday, May 29, 2015.

Despite the several challenges that have rocked the nation under his government, Buhari reinstated his resolve to move the nation to greater heights.

He made this stance at Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja during a keynote address at the public presentation of a book, ‘Nigerian Century’ written by Dare Babarinsa and reviewed by publisher of Ovation, Dele Momodu.

The president who was represented by a former governor of Ekiti State and deputy chairman of  All Progressives Congress, APC, 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.”

Buhari opined that Nigeria has successfully emerged as the biggest economy in Africa notwithstanding the multiple challenges of being ‘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’.

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?”

He further lauded the efforts of Nigeria’s pre-independence leaders and 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.”

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