Category: Speeches

Script for pre-recorded video message Excellencies, Governors, My dear brothers, Honorable Ministers here present, our Royal Fathers, our leaders in Ohaneze Ndigbo, ladies and gentlemen, all protocols observed.   I am deeply honoured by the invitation to address you today. Prior engagements unfortunately prevented me from joining you at home, but I am happy to…

Speech and fireside chat with Ambassador Katherine Tai Thank you, Katherine, and thanks to all of you for joining us here today. Thanks also to Daniel Runde and CSIS team for making this event possible. [One area where Ambassador Tai and I are in complete agreement is that trade and the WTO are powerful tools…

German Federal Foreign Office. Conference of the Heads of German Missions. Excellency Annalena Baerbock, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, Let me begin by saying, it is a great honor to be here –thank you to HE Minister Annalena Baerbock and the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the invite. Minister Baerbock has made German Foreign policy…

Globalization at an inflection point? Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, I’m really delighted to be here — thank you to Joe Gruber and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City for the invitation. The past three years have reminded us how much trade, on both the supply and demand sides, matters for macroeconomic stability. I’m convinced…

Global Economy Prize 2023: How to make trade work for Africa (Challenges and opportunities for Africa in global trade) H.E. Monika Heinold Dr. Ulf Kämpfer Mr. Knud Hansen Professor Moritz Schularick (or since we’re in Germany, I should say Professor Dr. Moritz Shularick) Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you so, so much. It is an…

University of Tokyo President Fujii, thank you for that kind introduction. Dean Iida Executive Director Ishii Professors, students, friends. I am deeply honoured to join you here today. It is always a pleasure to be back in this remarkable city, and to see old friends like Professor Ishii. The University of Tokyo, which is so…

The Task of Nation-Building H.E. President Buhari Right Honourable Governors Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, It is a great privilege to be addressing you here today. I thank H.E. Governor Tambuwal, Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, for honouring me with this invitation. You have asked me to address you on the task of nation-building. Every…

Georgetown University September 26, 2014 Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, I’ve been invited here today to speak on the subject – Advancing Girls Education and their Safety in Nigeria and beyond. But let me begin by saying that the safety of Nigerian children particularly girls was never an issue in the history of my country’s education…

It is a pleasure to join you here in Washington, and to discuss this important subject of Affordable Housing. Let me begin by thanking the organizers of this conference for inviting me to deliver the keynote address today. My special thanks also to Jin-Yong Cai and his team at the IFC for urging me to…

Lecture delivered to the Lowy Institute in Sydney, Australia on 22 November 2022 Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, It’s really an immense pleasure and honour to join you this evening. Thank you to Steven Lowy, Michael Fullilove and the Lowy Institute Thank you to the Australian government and all those who were instrumental in bringing me…