Former Minister of Finance, Dr Kalu Idika Kalu said on Wednesday that Nigeria has the capacity to overcome its economic and social challenges with its abundant human and natural resources.
Kalu said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ohafia, Abia state.
He was speaking on the sideline of the 100th year of Nigeria’s nationhood following the amalgamation of the Southern and Northern Protectorates in 1914.
``We should thank God that we have survived to this point as a conglomerate group of nationalities. So often we try to blame the British.
``We’ve had ups and downs but I think we should be humble enough we cannot blame God who designed all of these things.
``We should always ask ourselves what we did to move forward from where the design was handed to us.
``It is just plausible that Nigeria today with the conglomerate of wisdom, of skills, of energies, of talents that we should be way, way ahead of where we are today.
``We should be honest in identifying what were the problems.
