Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in a virtual conference with the Covenant Christain Centre, on his year’s edition of The Platform, disclosed that Nigeria will come out of COVID-19 stronger.
According to Laolu Akande, his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, the VP shared plans the government has in place to address the economic mishaps during the pandemic.
Osinbajo was quoted as saying the following:
“We will get through this much stronger economically and much stronger as a people because of our resilience. There are a lot of challenges, but they offer significant opportunities for us to turn things around.”
“I am very confident that Nigerians, with our resilience, our strength and our innovation, will go through this in great shape.”
He also placed significant emphasis on looking inwards post-COVID-19 especially in the real estate, agriculture and mineral resources sector.
He also disclosed plans to combat inflation by ramping up the production of food stock and controlling transportation which he explained will go a long way in curbing inflation in the country.
In attendance, alongside the Vice President include the DG of NCDC, Chike Ihekweazu, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, and Godwin Obaseki of Edo State.
