Why Africa Should Prepare For A Global Future Of Sustainable Energy
Channel: Prof. Yemi Osinbajo
Date: 18/04/2023

Prof. Yemi Osinbajo Opens Up The Exhibition Of The 6th Nigeria International Energy Summit

Nigeria has a crucial and strategic role to play in the transition to a more sustainable energy future for the continent and the rest of the world, even as Africa would need rapid industrialization to get millions of its people out of poverty, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.

Prof. Osinbajo expressed these views in his remarks on Tuesday where he formally opened the exhibition of the Nigeria International Energy Summit, held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.

Speaking on the theme of this year's summit, Global Perspectives for a Sustainable Future, the Vice President underscored the significance of the theme for the socio-economic future of Nigeria, Africa and the world. 

Drawing lessons from the work done in the last couple of years by the Federal Government’s Energy Transition working group, which he chairs, Prof. Osinbajo noted that “in that capacity and working with a strong inter-ministerial team and several energy sector players, it has become increasingly clear to me that Nigeria has a crucial and strategic role in delivering the sustainable energy future that Africa and indeed the world must have in the next few years. 

“Second is that it is the key sector actors such as are gathered in this room who must do a lot of the heavy lifting to get us there. The truth is, no other sector of our economy is as crucial in the transition to a more sustainable future.”

The Vice President, who restated his view on Africa becoming the first truly green civilization in the world, noted that “the future is not in Africa as a victim, it is in our nation and our continent driving the next stage of global economic progress by becoming the first truly green civilization in the world.”


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Oluyemi Oluleke Osinbajo is a Nigerian Lawyer and Politician who is the current Vice President of Nigeria, in office since 29 May 2015.

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