Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said the huge developmentchallenges facing Nigeria and the rest of Africa were excellent opportunitiesfor groundbreaking investments and innovation. He stated this as a guest at an interactive session,hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations, a think-tank in New York. In his opening statement on the topic “Nigeria’s EconomicProspects”, the vice president hinged his discussion on four areas includingpopulation, and environment with respect to climate change. He identified the other two areas as productionespecially agriculture, manufacturing and technology as well as security, andthe challenges of terrorism, violent Islamic extremism, social exclusionand resource conflicts. Osinbajo noted that what happened in the fourareas in the continent in the coming years, would impact positivelyor negatively on the fortunes of the world.