Buhari & Osinbajo. |
Vice
President, Yemi
Osinbajo, has disclosed the focus of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration
in the next four years will be to address, among other things, the deficiencies
in the quality of human resources caused by poor education and healthcare.
Speaking at University of Lagos where he
delivered the Convocation Lecture, the Vice President, said that the government
will adopt strategies that prepares young Nigerians for emerging challenges as
well as opportunities.
He said:
I may begin by
affirming the belief of the Buhari administration that Nigeria’s prosperity
means a decent existence for all. Second, that prosperity so defined will be
attained if we are able to address the issues of extreme poverty, productivity,
corruption, the rule of law and the deficiencies in the quality of human
resources caused by poor education and healthcare.
We must have a
robust enough healthcare system that ensures that the average person is in good
health, an educational system that guarantees education capable of preparing
children for the opportunities and challenges of a knowledge economy.
In planning the
path to prosperity we also took into account the age-old weaknesses of the
Nigerian economy and the illusion of prosperity that frequently distorts our
understanding of the actual fragility of our economy.
He said it was clear to the government
from the beginning of their tenure that they needed to devise an economic plan
that prioritized the basic issues with our economy.
He
said:
For us, we
needed to prioritize; the building of infrastructure especially rail, roads,
power and ports; productivity as we diversified the economy from oil and gas;
the fight against public sector corruption; developing a new educational
curriculum that emphasizes Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths.
Others include;
adopting a new approach to resourcing healthcare; putting in place a social
investment programme that deals with issues of extreme poverty and
unemployment. Our Economic Recovery and Growth Plan effectively addressed these
issues.
He reiterated that Nigeria was under the
right leadership committed to lead Nigeria towards prosperity.
He
said:
If we stick to
our agenda in the next two years we will see the most significant improvements,
in our power sector.
Industrial
Infrastructure is a major component of our economic transformation plan.
Project MINE (Made in Nigeria for Export) is the major plank of our industrial
policy. The idea is to build Special Economic Zones which accommodate
industries for local manufacture of goods for which Nigeria has a comparative
advantage. These include cotton, garments, leather ware etc.
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