Vice President Yemi Osinbajo,
SAN, on Tuesday, singled out Lagos and Kano states for commendation.
Osinbajo spoke while delivering
the 70th Anniversary Lecture of the Lagos Country Club, entitled, “Promoting
National Cohesion for Progress and Prosperity.”
According to him, “Everything we
have learned from the annals of history and from contemporary reports from all
over the world, tells us that social diversity can either be a trigger for
conflict or a fountain of prosperity and progress.
“Diversity in and of itself is
not a problem; it is what we do with it that matters. Whether or not
sociocultural variety results in strife or collective success entirely depends
on how a society choose to manage it.”
Citing local examples of States
that have harnessed their diversities to attain some levels of progress and
prosperity, the Vice President said, “our most dynamic economic spaces have
been historically multicultural cities like Lagos and Kano”.
“Lagos as a port city obviously
benefitted from its coastal location as a gateway to the African continent for
traders and adventurers from beyond the seas as well as from the hinterland.
“Kano was a major terminal on the
trans-Saharan trade drawing commercial traffic from as far North as the Maghreb
and the Middle East and from Southern Nigeria.
“The conscious decision of Bola
Tinubu then Governor of Lagos to appoint his commissioners from everywhere in
Nigeria is partly responsible for the peerless progress of Lagos State.
“He appointed Mr Wale Edun from
Ogun State as Finance Commissioner, Rauf Aregbesola from Osun as Commissioner
for Works, Fola Arthur Worrey from Delta as Commissioner for Lands, Ben
Akabueze from Anambra as Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Lai Mohammed
from Kwara State as Chief of Staff and I, from Ogun State, as his Attorney
General and Commissioner for Justice.
“Nigeria is the nation it is
because of the collective strength of its many talents, attributes and
contours. It is clear that when we create spaces for migratory talent to
flourish without discrimination, there is an economic multiplier effect that
results in an ever-increasing radius of growth,” he said.
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