Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Professor
Chukwuma Soludo, says Nigeria’s economy can be ahead of France and the
United Kingdom by 2050.
He, however, noted that this depends on the people and the leaders,
adding that unity, the will and zeal will make Nigeria a leading
economy.
Soludo spoke at an event held by the U.S. Consulate General, Lagos,
to mark the 241 independence anniversary of the United States of
America.
His words: “It won’t be easy to achieve the feat because it will
require a lot of dialogue, contestations, but I think where there’s a
will, there will always be a way. We already have the human and natural
resources.
“If we get our acts together especial economically, Nigeria will by
2050 be ahead of France and the UK in terms of economy. But the big
question is if we can get our acts together to begin. This is a
responsibility for all Nigerians.”’
“No country comes fully made; every country is a product of
continuous struggle by the citizens to make a more perfect union. What
creates a good society, in fact institutions don’t just emerge from
heaven, and institutions are products of struggle.”
“The next Nigeria must be everything that the first Nigeria has not
been and that is trying to be, in a process of creating a more perfect
and prosperous nation. And I will dare to say a more united country
trying to forge a nation out of the disparate nationalities.”
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