Yemi Osinbajo quotes

It is not possible for one tribe to dominate another based on the way God has structured the country. (Yemi Osinbajo)
The most important thing is that we are on the right path, and we will not deviate from it, even in the face of strong temptation to choose temporary gains over long-term benefits. View quote
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It doesn't matter where one starts from; it doesn't matter at all where you start from. It is how committed you are, how determined you are, and how hardworking you are that will ultimately make the difference. View quote
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The fundamental for the sustainable growth of Nigeria is not in the hydro-carbon industry but in agriculture. View quote
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I understand the law of sowing and reaping. It is a spiritual law that has tremendous physical implications. Every time that we delay or frustrate what we can do today, leaving it till tomorrow, we hold back the future. We, too, must reap what we have sown by experiencing delays. View quote
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Economic growth is not sustainable without nation-building and, even of greater importance, state building. View quote
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You don't have to cheat or steal to be successful in life, but you must be ready to convert your challenges to opportunity. View quote
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We all know that Nigerian jollof rice is the best anywhere. We beat the Ghanaians and Senegalese hands down. View quote
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Our vision is for a country that grows what it eats and produces what it consumes. It is for a country that no longer has to import petroleum products and develop a lucrative petrochemical industry. View quote
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Africa Rising is as much about improving standards of governance as it is about an increasingly confident youths and civil society. It is also about businessmen and women who are stepping beyond national borders and going global. View quote
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There is no wisdom of man that can change men or change nations; it is the power and wisdom of God that can. (Yemi Osinbajo)
It is the resolve of the government that none will be allowed to get away with making speeches that can cause sedition or that can cause violence, especially because when we make these kinds of pronouncement and do things that can cause violence or destruction of lives and property, we are no longer in control. View quote
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Great economies and great nations, prosperity, and abundance of nations and communities are created by men and not spirits. View quote
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In stabilizing the macroeconomic environment, we have focused on aligning fiscal with monetary policy and nudging the central bank toward the objective of more market-determined exchange rates. View quote
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Corruption and illicit financial flows are different. But they really must be twinned. This is because, for practical purposes, it is an eminently more sensible approach to treat most of the sources of illicit financial flows as corrupt activity, within a broader use of the term. View quote
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The truth is that many, if not most, nations of the world are made up of different peoples - and cultures and beliefs and religions - who find themselves thrown together by circumstance. View quote
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If the church says we will not accept you here or that we will expose you if you are stealing the resources of the country or stealing the resources of a private company or other establishment, where you work, then we would not have the type of problem that we have in this country. If only the church does so - just the church. View quote
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If the church says you are not allowed to steal, and we will ostracize you in our midst if you did, if what a man has does not measure up to what he has, if we found that a man has more money than he should have, if a man is earning a salary of a civil servant or a public servant and he has houses everywhere, we have to hold him to account. View quote
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Nigeria is still grappling with the negative consequences of the use of opacity by senior members of government and their cronies between 1993 and 1998, awarding themselves juicy contracts in the extractive industry. View quote
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The most successful of the nations of the world are those who do not fall into the lure of secession but who, through thick and thin, forge unity in diversity. View quote
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Any nation that does not emphasize integrity will always fail. (Yemi Osinbajo)
Our diversity as a people united is also our potential to transform our large deposits of mineral resources and use same for national development. View quote
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As we move to diversify our economy, we are particularly aware that we need oil to get out of oil. View quote
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An active and vibrant railway system confers many benefits on the society. View quote
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No matter how much you pray or fast, our country cannot grow without some of us deciding to do the hard work that makes nations work. View quote
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