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" The truth is that many, if not most, nations of the world are made up of different peoples - and cultures and beliefs and religions - who find themselves thrown together by circumstance. "

Yemi Osinbajo

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" Economic growth is not sustainable without nation-building and, even of greater importance, state building. "

" In stabilizing the macroeconomic environment, we have focused on aligning fiscal with monetary policy and nudging the central bank toward the objective of more market-determined exchange rates. "

Yemi Osinbajo

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" Our country has the potential not just to be the giant of Africa but a major economic giant in the world. "

" If people are stealing the resources of this nation, if people are taking bribes - if judges or persons in authority, whether they are judges or whoever they may be in government, ministers, whoever, if they are taking bribes - it attacks the fundament of our existence as a society. "

" The carnal nature of man is that he places his tribe above others, but the only basis for the power and unity of the church is that there is no Jew or Gentile. "

" Here in Nigeria, what makes the news is conflict between the executive and the legislature. "

" It is not possible for one tribe to dominate another based on the way God has structured the country. "

" No economy can tolerate the level of corruption seen in Nigeria without consequences. "

" Nigeria is still grappling with the negative consequences of the use of opacity by senior members of government and their cronies between 1993 and 1998, awarding themselves juicy contracts in the extractive industry. "

" Hate speech is a specie of terrorism. "

" We in Africa must prepare our economies in that direction that attracts such huge and qualitative investments. It is for us to push, and we must push. "

Yemi Osinbajo

Direction

Africa

" There is no wisdom of man that can change men or change nations; it is the power and wisdom of God that can. "

" No matter how much you pray or fast, our country cannot grow without some of us deciding to do the hard work that makes nations work. "

" You don't have to cheat or steal to be successful in life, but you must be ready to convert your challenges to opportunity. "

" The quality and quantum of potential investors in Africa is huge. "

" If the church says we will not accept you here or that we will expose you if you are stealing the resources of the country or stealing the resources of a private company or other establishment, where you work, then we would not have the type of problem that we have in this country. If only the church does so - just the church. "

" We are committed to a continuous engagement with our people to explain government policies, receive advice and criticism. "

" Corruption has been tolerated for too long now, and with Buhari, we will, for the first time ever, have a president who will fight corruption. He will act so that people will be deterred from corruption. "

" With 10 per cent of Nigeria's total land mass, 80 per cent of which is arable, Niger state symbolises the hope and greatness of Nigeria and has potential to feed the continent. "

" We all know that Nigerian jollof rice is the best anywhere. We beat the Ghanaians and Senegalese hands down. "

" The reason we have Christian president and Muslim vice president or Muslim president and Christian vice president is to have balance. "

" Many would say the reason why they steal is because they want to have an arsenal for future political exploits. It is a lie. It is greed. In any case, even if you want to do that, you have no right to do it. "

" Corruption and illicit financial flows are different. But they really must be twinned. This is because, for practical purposes, it is an eminently more sensible approach to treat most of the sources of illicit financial flows as corrupt activity, within a broader use of the term. "

" The fundamental for the sustainable growth of Nigeria is not in the hydro-carbon industry but in agriculture. "

" As you fight corruption, it fights back. "

" Our vision is for a country that grows what it eats and produces what it consumes. It is for a country that no longer has to import petroleum products and develop a lucrative petrochemical industry. "

" Great economies and great nations, prosperity, and abundance of nations and communities are created by men and not spirits. "

" If there is one person in Nigeria that believes that petroleum prices should not go up by one naira, it is President Buhari. "

Yemi Osinbajo

Nigeria

" We in Nigeria have seen just how difficult it is to get back stolen assets from the international financial system, such as banks that ought not have received those funds in the first place if even the most routine questions were asked. "

" Many of the ethnic and other parochial tensions that have tended to create insecurity and outright conflict, time and time again, are largely as a result of failure to deliberately undertake nation-building efforts. "