Yemi Osinbajo, the Vice-president says a Nigeria freed of its past and current challenges, and able to engage the future with the best possible tools in human and material capital is possible. THE WILLS reports.

He stated this at the global virtual launch of Imagine Nigeria, a Federal Government initiative implemented in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) aimed at answering the question, “what would it take to transform Nigeria?”

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The Vice President, who represented President Muhammadu Buhari at the launch, said “it is a process of reflection and discussion by all Nigerians, especially young Nigerians on what the future of our country should look like. Imagine Nigeria hopes to stimulate interest and attention around issues of innovation, green economy, trust, leadership and framing a more positive national narrative.” Information Guide Nigeria

The initiative is “a bold, unblinkered, exploration of the great possibilities of our nation”, he observed. jamb results

He added that “perhaps one of the silver linings in the dark clouds of Covid-19 was the opportunity it gave us to reflect on a future for our nation and world, seeing how massive public health and economic challenges could so easily upend global dynamics. For Nigeria, the context is even more nuanced.

“There is the imminence of a zero-oil scenario, a large youth population in search of opportunities, the urgent imperatives of climate change, threats to the peace, stability, and unity of the country. But on the other end of the scale are the evident opportunities. The possibilities of a demographic dividend, being the largest economy in Africa, having perhaps the fastest growing economies in entertainment and technology in Africa; and the list goes on.”

Speaking on the content of the work done by the Imagine Nigeria project team, the Vice President said, “the report itself identifies five pillars as the basis for building forward and transformation. These are ambitiously described as the five pillars of change: Build a Culture of Innovation; Catalyse a Green Economy; Build trust; Facilitate a National Narrative, and Lead Africa.

“The pillars of change and the entire report are only the beginning of the imagining process. The pillars provide some of the big ideas around which we hope the dialogues and conversations will develop. From here on it will now be up to us all – civil society groups, public and private sector think-tanks, professional and vocational associations, socio-cultural and political groups, to open up dialogues and conversations.”

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