The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, has expressed optimism that Nigeria will attain developed nation status by the year 2045.

Yilwatda made the remark while hosting the Ambassador of Vietnam to Nigeria, Bui Quoc Hung, at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja.

According to the APC chairman, Nigeria can learn valuable lessons from Vietnam’s economic transformation, noting how the Asian nation moved from being a third-world country to a rapidly developing economy.

“The biggest takeaway is the lessons we are learning from Vietnam—from migrating from a third world country to a developing country,” Yilwatda said. “The roadmap is to ensure that by 2030, middle-income countries are stable, and by 2045, Nigeria will be a developed country.”

He added that the country’s strategic plans focus on strengthening manpower development in collaboration with the government while also improving infrastructure across key sectors.

Yilwatda noted that investing in human capacity and building modern infrastructure remain critical steps toward achieving the long-term goal of national development.