Vice President Yemi Osinbajo stated that Nigerians need to have open and honest dialogues about problems that divide them.
Osinbajo believes that by doing so, he will be able to discover long-term answers as well as design a path toward a more united and prosperous Nigeria.
The Vice President addressed during a public presentation of Dr. Yemi Ogunbiyi’s memoir in Lagos on Thursday.
On the book’s and teachings’ significance, Osinbajo stated that citizens should “speak more to ourselves, not at ourselves.”
“We need transparency about our concerns and prejudices, and we need forthright dialogues on the subjects that divide us.” “Perhaps in this way, we might acquire each other’s trust,” he remarked.
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) described Ogunbiyi, who clocked 75, as a brilliant university teacher, newspaper executive, debonair, connoisseur of wine and collector of fine art.
In attendance were Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, Ogun and Ekiti Governors, Dapo Abiodun and Kayode Fayemi, ex-Ogun and Osun Governors, Segun Osoba and Rauf Aregbesola.
Others were former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku; Prof. Femi Osofisan, who reviewed the book.
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