Nigeria produces the best in every way, its citizens
continue to shine in various ways around the world, and as we continue to do
what is right in public service, the country is bound to reach the top globally
as a people, according to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.
Prof. Osinbajo was speaking at the Presidential Villa
where he received Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye, Houston, US-based Nigerian doctor who
successfully led a medical team that operated on a foetus, winning US and
global acclaim for the feat.
In a rare medical feat that drew global applause, Olutoye
brought out a foetus from a mother-Margaret Boemer’s womb to remove a tumour
from the foetus, and then restored the unborn baby to the womb successfully.
The mother then continued to carry the pregnancy to term, and later on,
delivered the baby safely and well. She named her Lynlee Hope.
Osinbajo told Olutoye who was accompanied to the
Presidential Villa by members of his family including his wife and parents that
“our country continues to shine in various ways, your achievement is remakable
in every sense. People are bound to wonder. It’s the kind that fables are made
of. And this is from someone who is Nigerian-trained.”
According to the Acting President, “this country can be
well run, we produce the best in every way, but it will take a lot of doing, by
good men and women. This is what i have learnt in the past over two years here.
If we do the right things, day by day, we’ll change and improve the Nigerian
situation significantly.”
He continued, “the problem is not the about the
availability of resources, but its the management,” recalling how it is that
the Federal Government is now doing more when funds are scarce than in the days
when oil was selling at over $100 per barrel.
“When we were making over a $100 per barrel, we were
owing oil JVC cash calls, not able to pay salaries and owing contractors. Now
that we are down in earnings by 60%, we have sorted out the problem of cash
calls and are able to support states to pay salaries.”
Speaking earlier, Dr. Olutoye attributed his medical
successes in the US to his Nigerian training and education up till the
university. He is a graduate of Medicine from the then University of Ife.
“All we have achieved from primary to university is from
Nigeria, and I believe that Nigeria will surpass what we have achieved out
there.”
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