Quotes from Yemi Osinbajo

Economic growth is not sustainable without nation-building and, even of greater importance, state building.

The fundamental for the sustainable growth of Nigeria is not in the hydro-carbon industry but in agriculture.

There must be more rigorous enforcement of rules promoting transparency in the international banking and financial systems, especially more stringent KYC rules on customer identity, source of wealth, and even country of origin.

You are not born corrupt. We want to change that mind-set of the people.

I want to say that this business of corruption and the fight against corruption is a very serious matter, and sometimes I'm amazed that very little is being said outside of those who are saying so in government. It's an existential matter. I don't know whether it is possible to overemphasize the point, but I think it's a very crucial matter.

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.

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.

If there is one person in Nigeria that believes that petroleum prices should not go up by one naira, it is President Buhari.

As we move to diversify our economy, we are particularly aware that we need oil to get out of oil.

As you fight corruption, it fights back.

The most important thing for Africa is that whoever wants to invest in our countries should start in manufacturing.

If people are stealing the resources of this nation, if people are taking bribes - if judges or persons in authority, whether they are judges or whoever they may be in government, ministers, whoever, if they are taking bribes - it attacks the fundament of our existence as a society.

Hate speech is a specie of terrorism.

If this government is doing the right thing by fighting corruption, the Church should support it.

We in Africa must prepare our economies in that direction that attracts such huge and qualitative investments. It is for us to push, and we must push.

The quality and quantum of potential investors in Africa is huge.

Railway network will support efforts to diversify the economy and enhance our export potentials.

Our country has the potential not just to be the giant of Africa but a major economic giant in the world.

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.

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.

It will be wrong of us to approach our grievances by threatening to disobey the laws or by threatening the integrity of our nation.

We are committed to a continuous engagement with our people to explain government policies, receive advice and criticism.

Many of the ethnic and other parochial tensions that have tended to create insecurity and outright conflict, time and time again, are largely as a result of failure to deliberately undertake nation-building efforts.

No economy can tolerate the level of corruption seen in Nigeria without consequences.