“Our Governments must realise that it is their responsibility to lift all their people out of poverty and into wealth as fast as possible.

“It is doable. We have seen clear examples of such progress in other region of the world, especially in Asia over the past three decades.

“There is no reason why acute poverty cannot be eradicated in Nigeria and across Africa. We have to become a continent that grows inclusive and well distributed wealth.

“We must really ask ourselves, when will we make the shift that South Korea made from being a Country that was one of the low end of development ladder to a rich, industralized Nation that it is today?

“We simply must turn the tide. Ultimately, we must put ourselves in a position where we also give, that is how Africa will earn respect”.

– Akinwumi Adesina, AfDB President At The 40th Anniversary Lecture Of The Guardian Newspaper.