Vice President Kashim Shettima has said the federal government has so far taken bold and courageous decisions that would, in the long run, change Nigeria’s economic fortune.
This, he noted, was the reason behind the present administration’s determination to ensure youth empowerment and human capital development.
The Vice President stated this on Monday when he received the management of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS) led by the Commandant, Ayodele Adeleke, at the Presidential Villa.
Shettima, in a statement issued Monday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha assured that the Bola Tinubu administration was determined to bequeath a country that is firmly on the path of prosperity.
The NISS delegation was at the Presidential Villa to present to the Vice President the report of a study conducted by 86 participants in the institute’s Executive Intelligence Management Course (EIMC) 16, with the theme, ‘Globalisation and Regional Economic Integration: Implications for Sustainable Development in Africa’.
Shettima said: “It is very apt, especially given the circumstances we have found ourselves in on the African continent. We are challenged from all angles – cyber-terrorism, human and drug trafficking, money laundering, transnational extremism and banditry, and the challenges of climate change.”
On the need to diversify the economy away from Oil, VP Shettima noted that in the next 20 to 30 years, oil may not be as valuable as it is today.
“Our only luck and happiness is that we are largely a gas nation. But our most important resource is our human capital which we need to harness. We have to invest in education. I believe that with the right infrastructure and qualitative leadership, we can transform this nation,” he stated.
Earlier, Adeleke thanked President Tinubu for his commitment to excellence and a sense of responsibility since he assumed office.
The Commandant called on African economies to invest in ICT as a key driver for economic growth, while investing in research and development.