"Severe Starvation in Nigeria gives me sleepless nights" — Vice President Osinbajo

VP Yemi Osinbajo has said the issue of extraordinary neediness in Nigeria was keeping him alert each night. Osinbajo uncovered this at a supper and intelligent session with Faculty Members, Harvard Business School, HBS, Tuesday in Lagos.

The vice president featured alongside Srikant Datar, Professor of Business Administration (HBS), and Bayo Ogunlesi, a Nigerian venture broker, at an inquiry and answer session directed by Hakeem Bello-Osagie, Chairman of Metis Capital Partners.

Osinbajo said:  “I think what keeps me up at night has to do
with extreme poverty; the issue is that the largest number
 of those who vote for us are the very poor.

“The promises that government makes to them
is that their lives will be better and obviously
 they are looking at their lives being better
in the shortest possible time.

“I will like to see Nigeria being an
Industrialised nation in the next 10 years;
a very strong middle class and most people
 living above the poverty line.”