Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has said stronger international cooperation and collaboration among countries will be vital to efforts aimed at addressing the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on economies and livelihoods.
Osinbajo said this on Monday at the 8th German-Nigerian Business Forum, which held virtually.
A statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, Mr. Laolu Akande, quoted Osinbajo as saying that the international collaboration would expedite economic recovery.
Prof. Osinbajo said: “As it turned out, the pandemic is no respecter of borders, and has forced us to ponder on the importance of collaboration and international cooperation in solving some of our most pressing problems.”
“2020 will probably go down as perhaps the most challenging year in recent global history. No one can be blamed for the circumstances that led to it. However, history will hold us responsible as individual nations and collectively, if we do not see and seize the immense opportunities that the moment presents.
“Bilateral cooperation is a major plank of that effort. We must use the German Nigeria Forum to snatch growth and prosperity for our countries from the jaws of the pandemic.”
