Nigeria will prosper – Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said there is great hope for Nigeria to prosper despite the hard times facing the citizens.


He made the remark while receiving a delegation of the Northern States Pentecostal Bishops Forum in his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He said no country in the world that can experience the kind of stealing that took place in Nigeria without facing the consequences.

Osinbajo, in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, said: “This country has been badly governed. We are dealing for instance with the embezzlement of funds to the tune of $15 billion in one sector alone. “

Replying those asking why the government is talking about the past, he said: “We have to, that is why we are here.”

“We have not turned attention to the oil and gas sector, where the former CBN Governor alleged that $20 billion was stolen. We must condemn and stand up against this level of corruption. It is the single most important reason for the current state of the country. We can’t ignore it.”

The vice president urged Christian and religious leaders in the country to condemn corruption “openly.”