NIGERIANS INTELLECTUALLY AGGRESSIVE, ECONOMICALLY AMBITIOUS, BUHARI TELLS MOROCCAN PM
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria’s strongest selling point remains an “intellectually aggressive and economically ambitious” populace that always seeks self-improvement and self-actualisation in any part of the world.
In a statement made by President Buhari’s senior special assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu in Abuja, said Buhari made this known in an audience with the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Morocco, Saadeddine Othmani, at the Royal Guest Palace, Rabat, Morocco, on Monday.
According to President Buhari, Nigeria’s “visionary and resilient population” works hard to always position the country for more growth, fuelled by a largely youthful group that continually wants to contribute to development.
“Nigerians are intellectually aggressive and economically ambitious. I received some of our students here yesterday and I am really impressed with the zeal and fearlessness they exuded.
“In Nigeria we have a very young and aggressive population and we are working very hard to create the enabling and inclusive environment for their contributions to be better appreciated.”
President Buhari said his government was harnessing the human and material resources available in the country, especially in the educational and agricultural sectors, while seeking partnerships with countries that could explore the huge potentials in Nigeria.
He noted that Nigeria was already on the verge of an agricultural revolution as the importation of rice had been cut down by 90 percent in 18 months.
“We need to do more to improve our statistics on food production and graciously, the weather has been auspicious in the last couple of years for agricultural growth.
“We are happy that through partnership with you and hard work the price of fertiliser is already down by 50 percent,” he said.
SOURCE : DAILY INDEPENDENT
