Vice President Yemi Osinbajo took time off today in Lagos to acknowledge the ingenuity of Nigerians, with particular reference to Senator Dino Melaye from Kogi state who he said recently released a CD, with titled: Aje kun iya ni o je!
Professor Osinbajo, who spoke at an occasion, The Platform in Lagos said: “nobody is as funny as Nigerian comedians: professionals or amateurs. We even have a member of the National Assembly (Senator Dino Melaye) who recently launched a CD – Aje kun iya ni o je! Who have not heard of Aje kun iya ni o je?
“Our music and entertainment industry is the fastest growing in the world today. Nigerian Writers have won every prize in literature from the Nobel to, just last month, a Pulitzer- it was Premium Times that won that.
“Only last year, a Nigerian girl, Morolake Akinosun won a gold medal at the Olympics. Last Saturday, Nigerian boxer, Anthony Oluwafemi Joshua won the World WBA title becoming the boxing champion of the world, and last year, a Nigerian medical doctor, Oluyinka Olutoye successfully took out a baby (Foetus) from her mother’s womb, operated on the womb and put the baby back again and the pregnancy was carried full term. The baby was born completely naturally, a feat unheard of in medicine.”
Vice President Osinbajo marveled at the creative and innovative entrepreneurship of Nigerians, recalled: “the other day, a young man said he wanted me to attend his book launch and the title of the book is: “seven steps to becoming a professional whistle blower.”
Osinbajo stressed that Nigeria is one of the most important nations in the world by many standards, saying that it is a nation of the smartest people on the face of the earth with acres of arable land, natural resources of every kind from precious metals to natural harbours and breath-taking coastlines.
He said that Nigeria also has a strong and growing army of digital natives doing incredibly innovative things.
“For example, we are developing perhaps the most sophisticated animation technology expertise in Africa, a group of young persons are doing that.” [myad]
