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Adams Oshiomhole, the National
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed President
Muhammadu Buhari’s resolution to accelerate economic growth with a view to
meeting the needs of Nigerians in his second term in office.
In a statement signed by Mr Simon Ebegbulem, his Chief Press
Secretary, on Tuesday, Oshiomhole said this when a delegation from the
Vietnamese Government paid him a courtesy in Abuja.
The delegation was led by His Excellency, Nguyen Hai Ninh,
the Deputy Chief of Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of
Vietnam. According to him, to achieve this, the APC led Federal
Government is reviving our textile industry. “The idea is to work towards
taking advantage of comparative advantage in this sector in order to help
provide jobs to the over 200 million of our population,” Oshiomhole said.
According to him, Buhari is in a hurry to provide jobs to unemployed Nigerians
as well as accelerate the growth of the economy. “It is as a result of this
that the APC led administration is fighting corruption vigorously for our
commonwealth not to be concentrated in the hands of a few, but that of the
majority. “With a population of 200 million, we have the advantage of a huge
market, but we also have a huge challenge of ensuring economic growth that will
make that 200 million person comfortable.
“Before the coming of Buhari, we missed lots of
opportunities,” he said. Oshiomhole said that the country had challenges in
power supply and security, adding that the President was fighting corruption to
preventing few people from taking the wealth meant for the nation. “Nigerians
voted overwhelmingly for our President, so we are going to take advantage of
the second term to ensure that we accelerate economic growth for us to meet the
needs of our people. “Right now, we are focusing on ensuring that we have a
power supply. Vietnam has a strong textile industry and you have an
international market, so I am glad to know about that. “I am particularly keen
on this because I work in the textile factory before and I think that there are
one or two things we can learn from your experience because we are on the verge
of reviving our textile industry which will help us create jobs,” he said.
Oshiomhole commended the Vietnamese Government for backing Nigeria in its bid
for the Presidency of the United Nations General Assembly. He said that the
countries would continue to deepen relationships in areas of trade and
investment for the benefit of the two countries. Earlier, Hai Nin said the
visit was to establish official relationship between the APC led government and
the communist party of Vietnam. He solicited the assistance of Nigeria in
settling the crisis between Vietnam and China over the disputed South China
sea, urging Nigeria to insist that the dispute be settled according to the UN
established laws.
Source: Vanguard news
