Prior to the emergence of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as running mate to General Muhammadu Buhari, the role of the Vice President was one that not many paid any attention. In fact, the role was so inconsequential that I couldn't find an article where a Nigerian Vice President was called upon to act or speak on any national matter.

Then came Osinbajo, a professor of law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in 2014 and all of a sudden the expectation for the Office of the Vice President changed.

Many citizens rewrote the constitution to suit their ignorance and even elevated fiction to become a school of thought. Things that were almost unthinkable became the norm.

Even worse, was social media with its charlatans who pass themselves off as influencers. For most part, they influence empty rhetoric which are trumpeted by their followers.

Back to the role of the Vice President, many will recall that Kamala Harris was a fixture in the run up to the 2020 election in the US. Almost every news item had one thing or another to say about the first Black woman or south Asian woman to be the Vice Presidential candidate of a major political party in the US.

But since the election has come and gone, very little is heard of Kamala and this is down to the fact that the Office of the Vice President is not as recognised as many think.

The Vice President are there to carry out assignments given to them by the President. It is sheer ignorance and near stupidity to equate the VP to the President.

The President has the final say. The VP can only advise him on issues but lacks the constitutional powers to execute them.

As for Osinbajo, he is lucky than most, he had the opportunity to be Acting President in Nigeria. It was a good time to be alive in Nigeria.

The dollar which was at over N500 crashed to over N300 in weeks, he sacked 10 FAAN directors during an unannounced visit to the Lagos airport.

He saved thousands from food starvation in the Northeast, he went against the "cabal" by appointing Walter Onnoghen as CJN.

In between, he sacked Lawal Daura as DSS DG for blocking the gate to the National Assembly. He signed Executive Orders to ensure that Ease of Doing Business became priority and Nigeria went up that ranking in no time.

The role of a deputy, be it vice president, deputy governor, deputy general manger, assistant manager, assistant pastor, etc does not really change.

How many people have seen the assistant to the general overseer of a church preach at a major crusade? Or has Sheikh Gumi allowed his deputy to share the limelight with him?

We must always realise that the role does not change. A deputy is a deputy.

I will leave with this example for football fans. Michael Carrick was part of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer coaching crew. In fact, he was assistant to the Norwegian manager.

When Solskjaer was sacked, Carrick showed that he was his own man. He dropped Manchester United legend, Cristiano Ronaldo, for the game against Chelsea, this is an action some fans believed Solskjaer was incapable of doing.

My point is that Buhari is not Osinbajo and Osinbajo is not Buhari. One is the President and the other Vice President. The actions of the President in certain quarters cannot be deemed to be the actions of the Vice President.

For those in doubt, look up the Nigerian constitution for the functions of the Vice President.

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Buhari is not Osinbajo and Osinbajo is not Buhari. One is the President and the other Vice President. The actions of the President in certain quarters cannot be deemed to be the actions of the Vice President.


If you are in doubt, look up the Nigerian constitution for the functions of the Vice President.

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The truth is most Nigerians don't know the constitutional roles of an office. Secondly, they don't know how things work at all generally.

Osinbajo is ever a different person from any other Vice President, his the best Vice President in the history of our time.

No worries .. Osibanjo won’t sell.. only neophyte are tagging him with mainstream politics

He would retire to the arms of his godfather and remain humble thereafter

A mere commissioner don’t have say in the gathering of kings .. even if he wears the loyal purple.
We still knows where he belongs and where his loyalties lie.

Osibanjo is a TYPICAL YORUBA MAN.

Dan Bayerebe.. Beri..

Even lying his the first Vice President bla bla .. guess ekwueme was playing in 79-84. Same with idiagbon.. abi Atiku was sandplaying in 99-2007..

Or you mean Arch.. Sambo slept his way 2011-2014

Yoruba and their nonsense media hype and propaganda

Osibanjo no go see primaries talk more of ticket

Tinubu must contest

If say yarduA Na Yoruba man... we no for the hear word for this country again

Yoruba and media hype

PMB has a soft spot for Prof. Osinbajo reason he gets to shine and perform above expectation unlike past VPs like GEJ and Sambo.

Cut starboy some slacks abeg.. he is the best performing Vice president Nigeria has ever had.

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