{"id":38665,"date":"2021-03-09T14:19:03","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T14:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=38665"},"modified":"2021-03-09T12:48:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T12:48:15","slug":"osinbajo-at-64-nigeria-poverty-stricken-may-be-consumed-by-insecurity-rewane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/osinbajo-at-64-nigeria-poverty-stricken-may-be-consumed-by-insecurity-rewane","title":{"rendered":"Osinbajo at 64: Nigeria poverty-stricken, may be consumed by insecurity \u2013 Rewane"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>A foremost professor of Economics, Bismarck Rewane has lamented that discipline, research and hardwork which were the order of the day in Nigeria\u2019s higher institutions have long gone.<\/p>\n

Delivering a public lecture to mark the 64th birthday of the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo in Abuja, Monday, titled: \u201cBuilding the Future of Nigeria through Enterprise and Innovation\u201d, the Economist explained that people brandished certificate that can\u2019t be defended.<\/p>\n

Rewane argued that Nigeria as an oil-rich country was poverty-stricken due to management problems<\/p>\n

He said that government should adopt economic principles to solve the problem of the economy.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cTherefore, we have our work cut out for us and if we are going to achieve accelerated, sustainable and inclusive growth, we need to attract domestic and international capital with its attendant investment multiplier to achieve a GDP level of $1.5trn by 2030 when our population could be 250mn or more.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to grow the economy at least at 7-8% a year for 5-10 years based on an investment-led strategy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we fail to do this very soon, the problems of
\nmultidimensional poverty, debt, and insecurity may consume us in the next decade.\u201d<\/p>\n

He commended the Vice President for not giving to hero worshipping and sycophancy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe live in a time of extreme sycophancy and hero-worshiping that many will ask me why are you participating or what have you been promised to sing his praise.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, the Prof was not and is not aware of what I want to say, discuss or interrogate this morning. Knowing him as I do, he will not endorse any form of sycophancy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Nigerian project will always be a work in progress. This is more so that we have survived 2 recessions and a pandemic in the last 5 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cYet we are oil-rich and poverty-stricken. There is a lot of work to be done.<\/p>\n

\u201cI became mindful of the because of the adulteration of the level of intellectual discourse in Nigeria, which in some cases has degenerated to lamentable levels.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe level of intellectual degeneracy has reached epic proportions, where certificates are brandished in the place of academic discipline, research, and logical thinking.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rat race for quick wealth and short cuts to the top have made society compromise the highest academic standards for certificate forgery, exam malpractice, and harassment of students at our once revered centers of academic excellence,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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