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2023 PRESIDENCY: I’m more qualified than Tinubu, Osinbajo —Amaechi

May 19, 2022 No Comments

The Former Minister of Transport and presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rotimi Amaechi, has boasted that he is more qualified than the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to become Nigeria’s President in 2023.

Amaechi, who stated this on Wednesday, when he visited Kano as part of his consultative meetings with the party’s delegates ahead of the APC presidential primary, asserted that when Tinubu, who is a former Governor of Lagos State, has never been a Minister, and even when he was a lawmaker, it was for only a few months.

He went further to note that while he was a Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly, Osinbajo was a Commissioner in Lagos State.

In response, the Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, who carefully avoided endorsing his presidential ambition said: “I know your position as far as our party presidential candidature is concerned, and I want you to change for me.”

Ganduje had been reported to have also avoided endorsing the presidential ambition of the Rivers State Governor, and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nyesom Wike, when he visited the state.

The Kano Governor is said to be in full support of Tinubu’s presidential ambition.

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Buhari has exposed me to good governance – Osinbajo

May 11, 2022 No Comments

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said on Tuesday he has been exposed to good governance by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Osinbajo, who stated this when he paid homage to the Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Rilwanu Suleiman Adamu, at his palace as part of his consultations before the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary, said he would adopt President Buhri’s leadership style if elected as the country’s president next year.

He said: “Your Royal Highness, I have served as Vice President to President Muhammadu Buhari for the past seven years and with God helping us, I will see out that term till May 2023.

“But in that capacity, I have been exposed to governance of a complex and diverse level my office has allowed. Thanks very much to the openness and transparency of our President, Muhammadu Buhari.

“I have learnt a lot and I know that even during that period that I acted as President of this country, I was exposed to so much.

And if given the opportunity in 2023, I will continue with the legacies of the President.

“At all times, the concern of our government is the plight of the common man, how to ensure that the common man is given a fair chance to be employed and to have a decent living.

“This is the reason why several of our projects that we have undertaken, especially the social investment programme, have been to better the life of the common man.

“But also, we have been concerned about young people; how we can improve, not just the quality of education of our young people, but the opportunity for young people to get jobs, to be employed and to have a decent standard of living. This is very important for us as a government.

“And this will also explain why I am running for the President of this country come February 2023.”

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Tinubu, Osinbajo in attendance as South-West APC presidential aspirants, leaders meet in Lagos

May 7, 2022 No Comments

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirants from the South-West presidential meet on Friday in Lagos to take a firm a position ahead of the party’s presidential primary slated for this month.

The meeting held at the Lagos House in Marina and convened by the APC pioneer National Chairman, Bisi Akande and former Ogun State governor, Segun Osoba, was attended by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu, former Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila.

Also at the meeting are governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos), Gboyega Oketola (Osun), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun) and Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti).

Three ministers – Babatunde Fashola (Works and Housing), Adeniyi Adebayo (Trade and Industry and Investment), Rauf Aregbesola (Interior), and a host of other APC leaders in the zone are also attending the meeting.

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Osinbajo’s declaration speech a set of horrible lies —Sowore

April 11, 2022 No Comments

Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has described Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s declaration to run for the presidency in 2023 as a set of nauseating lies, adding that his speech was insulting.

Yemi Osinbajo on Monday formally declared his intention to run for presidency in the 2023 general elections.

In his declaration speech, the Vice President promised to consolidate on the achievements of his boss, President Muhammadu Buhari, and lead the country in the same leadership philosophy as his.

He wrote: “If by the grace of God and the will of the people, I am given the opportunity, then I believe that first, we must complete what we have started.

“We will build on the foundation laid by our predecessors. We will need to move, with much speed, intentionality, and perseverance, towards the vision of a prosperous, stable, and secure nation”, he added.

Sowore, who reacted through his verified Twitter handle, slammed the Vice President for putting together a set of lies as done by other presidential aspirants.

He added that the Vice President goofed by planning to build on the achievements of his boss.

He wrote: “President Yemi Osinbajo’s declaration speech is the most nauseating set of lies ever packaged! He even said he plans to build on the success of President Muhammadu Buhari regime. What an insult?

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Investments in youths pathway to prosperity, security – Osinbajo

February 11, 2022 No Comments

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday described investments in young people as a pathway to prosperity, and security in the country.

The Vice President, according to a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, stated this during a Stakeholders’ Summit on the At-Risk Children Programme (ARC-P) held at the State House, Abuja.

He stressed the need to provide children with opportunities that would ensure their success in all areas of endeavour.

He said the Federal Government had taken multi-dimensional approach in tackling the challenges young people face with several intervention programmes.

Osinbajo said: “The ARC-P is an important component of the variety of government interventions designed to complement and support existing initiatives of the Buhari administration in dealing with the problems of vulnerable children and young people.”