"I’m really overwhelmed with gratitude, greatly humbled and honoured by that renewed merit given to me by the people of Ondo State by coming out in their hundreds of thousands to cast their vote for my party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and by extension for myself, to continue to be their governor beyond 2025, when this very tenure will be ending."

"We are going to continue to do a lot to enhance women and youth empowerment in the state."

"I’m very interested in getting the average person in the state to acquire skills that can make them to become useful to themselves and be self-reliant. Everything that we do in Nasarawa State comes from our vision for the state"

"No country can progress if its politics is more profitable than its industries. In a country where those in government are richer than entrepreneurs, they manufacture poverty."

"Moreover, 63% of Nigerians live in multidimensional poverty, which is about 150 million people, the highest number in the world, facing deprivations in health, education, and living standards, while it is only 3.9% in China; meanwhile, China’s population is about seven times larger than ours."

"If we accept the way elections are now, how do we tell the robbers and kidnappers that they are doing something wrong?"

"China’s GDP stands at $18.74 trillion, while Nigeria’s GDP is barely 1% of that size, a little over 200 billion dollars."

"Insecurity is a result of ineffective security strategy, address this by projecting strong leadership, state security and pursue a robust reform of security sector"

"We would use merit to employ, dramatically reduce poverty and return Nigeria to a place of strategic relevance with high value"

"Facilitate stronger institutions a key anchor that will turn Nigeria from a country of oil consumption to a country that produces based on fast factors"

"I want to be a woman because being a woman has paved a lot of ways for me. Women don’t actually know how powerful they are. They don’t know how to use their resources as a woman."

"I allow people to say a lot of different things because that’s what keeps me trending all the time."

"In my opinion, money is everything. Anyone with that notion that money is not everything is deceiving his or herself."

"I choose my truth and if you don’t like it SUCK IT."

"If you want to build a great company, get three to five people who could have each built a one-hundred million dollar company by themselves and come together to build a billion-dollar company."

"Understanding local dynamics, consumer behavior, and market cycles is crucial for success."

"The biggest challenge is aligning investor expectations with the reality of the African market."

"Angel investors do much more than provide funding—they mentor, connect, and guide early-stage startups through their critical first phase."

"At Flutterwave we say: “Africa is not a country but we make it feel like one”"

"You know, I want to help build the future of the continent by solving its biggest problems and turning them into fantastic business opportunities."

"There’s a saying: People might forget what you did, but they’ll never forget how you made them feel."

"This is not about money. This is about risking the one thing America cannot afford to lose with allies all over the world like myself – trust. An America whose word the world cannot trust will not be safe, strong or prosperous. To keep America first, America needs to be a country that keeps its word because an America that cannot keep its word does not deserve to lead the world."

"Now, I’m not mad about how the Trump administration chooses to spend US tax payers money. (Though, as the only non U.S. citizen in my family and given I own several American businesses, I pay those taxes too.) And let’s be real—America isn’t the first to cut foreign aid. Even the European countries complaining about USAID shutting down have been doing the exact same thing – cutting aid and making international development subservient to foreign policy goals."

"Startups should be more focused on products and building their business."

"It is hard to define the growth stage of the start up scene but...we are maturing."

"The Nigerian startup bill is the end of the beginning"

"Passionate work and passionate play, that’s the secret to fantastic teams."

"Find a customer! I’ve learned with all the startups that the moment we found a customer there was just so much less distraction."

"The successes I’ve had were because of the incredible team I had, and the failures I’ve had are because that team didn’t work effectively together."

"For me, to be rich is to be knowledgeable, wise, to have common sense, to have the inspiration to become a political leader, to have the vocation to become a religious leader, to have the dedication of a scientist, the creativity and imagination of a writer or poet, the business acumen of an entrepreneur."

"We must encourage our diaspora to repatriate their wealth back home."

"Ensuring accessibility to contraceptives is a crucial step in mitigating a potential population explosion, particularly when the financially constrained majority may prioritise basic necessities over family planning methods."

"If you want the naira to rise, don’t come on social media to vent."

"Any business born out of the desire to serve humanity is destined to succeed."

"There is a need for insurance companies and her professional bodies to leverage this platform by partnering with relevant companies and agencies in the technology sector to create and provide specialised services which would help update their internal and external operations."

"Insurance must be seen, felt and sold like commodity that it is. It should be sold everywhere."

"A::Our most recent major challenge involved the national identity card project. Chams led the development of identity management technology in Nigeria, spending years creating a system to produce and print ID cards on PVC, instead of the earlier paper-and-lamination method. After this breakthrough, the government approached us because of our role in pioneering the solution. Although the National ID Card programme began in 1996, it only made real progress after Chams joined in 1998. By April 1999, we had produced the first one million ID cards without receiving any payment from the government."

"Q::You spoke about turbulent times. Can you shed more light on that?"

"But if you don’t plan well, lady luck will not shine on you. Even if it does, you will not recognize it."

"The role of luck is the ability to prepare and plan well because if you plan well, all things being equal, the chances are that you’re going to succeed."

"If you are not willing to work hard, forget success."

"If you are not humble, you cannot learn. Invariably, you cannot grow."

"There is always a God factor in every success."

"Hard work has no alternative."

"Success to me is a personal journey."

"If you cannot hire to fill your weakness, you will always have a blindside."

"You must understand that everyone has an ego. Not just you."

"Just be respectful and when people have opinions that are better than yours, acknowledge them."

"Remember, it’s not just about building a business. It’s about building a legacy."

"If I could go back in time, one of the things I would do differently is this: Avoid loans as much as possible."