Vice President , Prof Yemi Osinbajo has declared that it is total rubbish to attribute the discovery of River Niger to Mungo Park.

Osinbajo said people were already fishing in River Niger before Park’s grand father was born.

He made this comment on Tuesday at the ongoing programmed tagged The Platform.

Osinbajo, who harped on the need for Nigerians to promote their own, noted that there are many young persons from this country who have contributed intellectually to the growth of the nation.

“I tell you, it is total rubbish to say Mungo Park discovered RiverNiger. We all know that people where fishing in the River beforeMungo Park’s grandfather was born.

“This calls for the need for us to promote our own,” he said.

According to the vice president, “our business as government is to create more enabling environment for entrepreneurs to do business and create more infrastructure.

“We have to provide more jobs as more people are added to the population everyday.

“Today we are confronted with the remnants of Boko Haram with farmers/herdsmen clashes and ethno-religious conflicts,’’ he said.

Osinbajo recalled that when oil was selling for 100 to 142 dollars per barrel, the budget of Transport and Agriculture Ministries; all the ministries together got 139 billion.

“Today with oil prices between 60 and 70 dollars per barrel, the Power, Works and Housing, Agriculture and Transport Ministries got N560 billion.

“How come we can do more with less income?

“How come we are able to invest in infrastructure. How come we can do the Lagos-Kano standard rail gauge; the Second NgerBridge, with 60 per cent less income than we earned a few years ago,” he asked.

“The job of the builder is not to complain. I believe the solution is in building that Nigerian bridge.

“A bridge that will be built on the strongest materials of all and to excel in our commitment to build a new society.

“A bridge that connects us across tribes; across ethnicity; across dialects; a bridge that connects us across religion; across politics; and across even generations.

“Everyone of us can travel on this bridge. A bridge that rises from innovation and traditions and stands the troubled waters of our past.

“A bridge that can take the traffic of all our best Nigerians and creativity; and human and materials to the destination of our dream.”



READ MORE: http://www.genloaded.com.ng/mungo-park-did-not-discover-river-niger-prof-yemi-osinbajo/

Now look at this idiot and tell me why our economy will not fail.

Of all things to worry about this is the most pressing issue on this man’s mind. Trump is fighting for Christians in Nigeria while a pastor VP is having sleepless night over who discovered River Niger.

If anyone still thinks this man is sane please check yourself too - also FTC on front page...

Lots of insane people supporting an insane VP in the mentions.

Kai APC nah wao

Obijulius:
Now look at this idiot and tell me why our economy will not fail.

Of all things to worry about this is the most pressing issue on this man’s mind. Trump is fighting for Christians in Nigeria while a pastor VP is having sleepless night over who discovered River Niger.

If anyone still thinks this man is sane please check yourself too.

Lmao

Osinbajo wants to follow his master to compete on who is the most foolish.

may God help any history/language student sha. .u write rubbish, u score/get rubbish. Simple

A lot of unintelligent and lazy youth across the bridge...atimes when one attack Buhari, and you read comments from some youths across the ailes you are ashamed of the group you seem to queue with. Osinbajo's speech today is one of the greatest by any black man, not just Nigerian. Deep and insightful.

Fake yoruba christian









Oduduwa republic must come

According to the vice president, “our business as government is to create more enabling environment for entrepreneurs to do business and create more infrastructure.

“We have to provide more jobs as more people are added to the population everyday

Its obvious you dont practice what you preach.

Osinbajo recalled that when oil was selling for 100 to 142 dollars per barrel, the budget of Transport and Agriculture Ministries; all the ministries together got 139 billion.

“Today with oil prices between 60 and 70 dollars per barrel, the Power, Works and Housing, Agriculture and Transport Ministries got N560 billion.

“How come we can do more with less income?

Answer:

Because our debt between 1914 and 2015 was N12trillion

Our debt between 2015 and 2018 is an added N10trillion with more borrowings in the offing.

Now Mr VP, does the debt measure up with the unseen infrastructure you claimed to have disbursed to ministries?

Even mungo park is not spared APC misplacement of priority.


If this topic made Front page i will personally slap a DPO in his office today.

"People were already fishing on it"

Did they know the name of the river?

All along the course of the river in
West Africa, ppl gave this same river
different names like Nigré, Joliba,
Kora, ( bastardized to Kwara), Yoruba (Oya),
Igbo (Orimiri) & delta communities
gave it different names etc, without
knowing it was one & the same river.

It was left to the investigative spirit
of the oyibo to put it all together by identifying its source & tracing its course right to its exit at the delta.

Instead of celebrating their efforts,
we are, in a jestful manner
attempting to rewrite history & belittle their sacrifice.

Now a so-called senior 'learned' gentleman
in an esteemed position of authority is
making such an ignorant & ridiculous statement....

This thread just confirmed many people are just not smart. Mungo Park cannot discover what already exists to the people using it. He can only discover it for the Western world, teaching pupils that he discovered the River Niger just does not make sense. Rather it should read he was the first white man to sail the River Niger but cannot be the first person to discover it.

Obijulius:
Now look at this idiot and tell me why our economy will not fail.

Of all things to worry about this is the most pressing issue on this man’s mind. Trump is fighting for Christians in Nigeria while a pastor VP is having sleepless night over who discovered River Niger.

If anyone still thinks this man is sane please check yourself too.

You are talking bullshit. How exactly is Trump fighting for Christians in Nigeria? Was the vice president elected to fight for Christians or fight for all Nigerians regardless of religion, tribe or region?
Some of you just regurgitate rubbish without thinking.

vedaxcool:
This thread just confirmed many people are just not smart. Mungo Park cannot discover what already exists to the people using it. He can only discover it for the Western world, teaching pupils that he discovered the River Niger just does not make sense. Rather it should read he was the first white man to sail the River Niger but cannot be the first person to discover it.

You call them lazy and they protest. They are more like retards.

Osibaba again?

vedaxcool:
This thread just confirmed many people are just not smart. Mungo Park cannot discover what already exists to the people using it. He can only discover it for the Western world, teaching pupils that he discovered the River Niger just does not make sense. Rather it should read he was the first white man to sail the River Niger but cannot be the first person to discover it.

Before Christopher Columbus discovered America, were people not living there already

Leave oyinbo and there discovery spirit - if they enter my mama kitchen and see the ancient stone she has been using to grind, they will give it name and clam discovery without mentioning the original owner.

adecz:


"People were already fishing on it"

Did they know the name of the river?

All along the course of the river in
West Africa, ppl gave this same river
different names like Nigré, Kora,( bastardized to Kwara), Igbo & delta communities called it
different names etc, without knowing it was the same river.

It was oyibo that discovered its source & exit.

A so called professor doesn't understand what it means to discover a river.

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obonujoker:


Before Christopher Columbus discovered America, were people not living there already

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Even Americans now admit he isn't the first person to visit America as the Vikings at some point visited it. Use your common sense you can only say Columbus is the first person from western Europe to voyage to America. To claim you discover a place were people already live in is the peak of intellectual dishonesty one can think of.

Please be careful who you argue or debate with on nairaland.
There are lots of kids, retards, imbeciles and unrepentantly ignorant and lazy youths roving from thread to thread and spewing out from the abundance of obstinacy pent up in them.

obonujoker:


Before Christopher Columbus discovered America, were people not living there already

These people are slow
No need arguing with them



That's how zombies are fed
They feed on lies and propaganda

Let them keep derailing from the real issues thinking they can deceive everyone at the same time

Obijulius:
Now look at this idiot and tell me why our economy will not fail.

Of all things to worry about this is the most pressing issue on this man’s mind. Trump is fighting for Christians in Nigeria while a pastor VP is having sleepless night over who discovered River Niger.

If anyone still thinks this man is sane please check yourself too.

Our leaders are disasters.

GuyfawkesAB:
Please be careful who you argue or debate with on nairaland.
There are lots of kids, retards, imbeciles and unrepentantly ignorant and lazy youths roving from thread to thread and spewing out from the abundance of obstinacy pent up in them.

Exactly.... Most of them are zombies
Funny the man still talks about second Niger bridge..
Where nothing is going on

adecz:


"People were already fishing on it"

Did they know the name of the river?

All along the course of the river in
West Africa, ppl gave this same river
different names like Nigré, Kora,( bastardized to Kwara), Igbo & delta communities called it
different names etc, without knowing it was the same river.

It was oyibo that discovered its source & exit.

The natives showed him the river....
The natives told him the location n course of the river....
It's ignorance for an African man to attribute the discovery of a local river to a white man.....

Guestlander:


You call them lazy and they protest. They are more like retards.

I've always known nigerian youths are intellectually lazy, just didn't realize the severity......
Just see the ignorance displayed on the thread..
They didn't even bother to read the article....
An intellectual n thought provoking one at that....
What we need in this country is a program designed at emancipating our youths from intellectual laziness....

Guestlander:


You call them lazy and they protest. They are more like retards.

Indeed, they are comfortable being lazy.

I agree with the mumu on this one. Mungo Park couldn't have discovered river Niger.

Na mongo park go stop terrorists fulani?

The great man of God delivered a wonderful message yesterday at the platform.
God bless osinbajo.
But I can see the comments of some people here whose parents haven't achieved any meaningful thing in life abusing prof Osinbajo.
If you did attend the platform yesterday or watched it on TV and didn't enjoy Osinbajo' speech then you are a mischievous person.
I was there and I liked what I saw and heard from all the speakers.

Pro Osinbajo
Fela Durotoye
mrs shola salako
Pst francis Adebayor
Prof mogalu
Omole
leke alder and
Donatus okonkwo spoke wonderfully well yesterday.
God bless them all.

Obijulius:
Now look at this idiot and tell me why our economy will not fail.

Of all things to worry about this is the most pressing issue on this man’s mind. Trump is fighting for Christians in Nigeria while a pastor VP is having sleepless night over who discovered River Niger.

If anyone still thinks this man is sane please check yourself too.

���. kai guy why,bro u are wicked

Ok