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He won't lose by the grace of God

Tinubu should call his guys to order

I wanted to ask the same question

The supporter of these people should be very careful and mind the way they talk and stop abusing one another most especially the Tinubu guys as the duo are like brothers

Let's support Osinbajo because it's tested, trusted and hardworking

We are getting there gradually and may God help us

Why this question? Osinbajo won't do that and it's even certain that the poll win favour him

Old age dey affect baba

God wont allow the enemy to kill his political ambition and he will win successfully come 2023 by God grace

Oh my God! what is so special about his declaration that you guys keep on repeating it

Osinbajo has all what he takes to be the Nigeria president

You may keep any of your question till when he gets the ticket

This is a big lie because the Osinbajo I know won't do that .The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), an Islamic rights advocacy group, says Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo loves and accommodates Muslims despite being a Christian and a member of the clergy.

maybanks:
Lol...... And who tells this idiot that his Opinion counts or matters

Don't mind my brother

.......and you will be continuing disappointed when he finally emerge as the next president.

The best thing is for Tinubu and his guys to support Osinbajo because he's vibrant, and hardworking

Jennyclay:
Osinbajo and Tinubu are not qualified to be my president. SIMPLE!!!!!

So na your PDP or Peter Obi qualified, mtchewwwww

SadiqBabaSani:
lies

What's lie in this context? You didn't read the write up and you are saying lies

Ultimas:
This sounds incredible. Even if it is true. Osinbajo has proved himself to be 'odale.'

How do you mean? So because Tinubu wants to contest then Osinbajo should not declare his intention, so Tinubu wants to be directing all Yorubas and anyone who fails to dance to dance to his tune is a betrayer, mtchewwwww

I hate the word betrayer being used with Asiwaju Tinubu's guys since day Osinbajo declared his interest for president, how dare you called a loyal ,hardworking, deligent ,and a masses voice or option a betrayer,Tinubu was his boss sometimes ago but now he has been a boss to Tinubu and there is nothing bad in it for him to contest

It was a memorable day in the life of millions of Nigerians on last week Monday when prof Yemi Osinbajo declared his intention to run for president come 2023;Osinbajo our man

Nigerians on social media have continued to rally support for the 2023 Presidency of Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) party primaries in May.

Hundreds of the Nigerian social media users, Saturday morning, April 16 2022, took to Twitter and Facebook to promote the hashtag #NigeriansForOsinbajo, affirming Prof Osinbajo, as the best to occupy the presidential seat in 2023, thereby urging the APC to field him as its candidate for the presidential election being Nigerians’ preferred choice.

“A great majority of Nigerians want Prof Osinbajo to assume leadership of the country in 2023 because they believe he has the capacity to lead and effect positive change in the polity,” on of the campaigners, Kelvin Obambon, said.

Recall that Osinbajo concluded his consultation days ago when he hosted the All Progressives Congress (APC) governors under the aegis of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) inside his official residence at the Akinola Aguda House, Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.

After then, he had hosted members of the APC caucus of both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

In the same vein, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor, who, many had posited as Osinbajo’s biggest challenger also held a rally at the Onikan Stadium, in Lagos, earlier on Saturday, as he continued his consultation after expressing his intention to contest the Presidency to President Muhammadu Buhari, in his Aso Rock office, though he said he was yet to inform Nigerians.

But showcasing Osinbajo as a preferred candidate, many Nigerians took to Twitter and Facebook, the micro blogging site, Saturday morning, to promote the hashtag, #NigeriansForOsinbajo, citing different reasons they believed Osinbajo should take over from President Buhari as his best successor.

They also also took their time to play down the concept of betrayal as it has been consistently used by the ardent supporters of Asiwaju, blackmailing Vice President Osinbajo over his intention to run for the Presidency, alongside their principal, who they claimed was the VP’s “godfather.”

Only on Saturday, coincidentally, a revelation came out to the public about former President Olusegun Obasanjo inviting Osinbajo to take up appointment as the Attorney General of the Federation in 2005, then, when Osinbajo as the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice represented Lagos State in making a request for Obasanjo to released the seized monthly allocation to the state.

Report had it that President Obasanjo wanted to use the Lagos council funds to lure Osinbajo into accepting the offer, but Osinbajo, for his loyalty to Lagos and his former boss, Tinubu, declined, requesting that the local government council funds be released instead.

Reference was made to this revelation with many believing that Osinbajo should never be accused of betrayal because he stood by Asiwaju when it mattered most.

Below are some of their reactions:

Most of Osinbajo’s engagements in different places for the past couple of months have been turned into a campaign ground by thousands of his supporters. Everywhere he goes, he is lauded and garlanded for his virtues.
#NigeriansForOsinbajo
#NigeriansForOsinbajo


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The use of technology has made the work easier to execute within few minutes and it's highly commendable

VP adds: Continent must sustain momentum to realise potentials, play critical role in global future

"The evidence all around us is that in the process of addressing its challenges, Africa is using the opportunities of the digital era quite innovatively.

"It is imperative that we keep the momentum going so that the continent thrives, backstops innovation, creates wealth and contributes to overall global development," according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.

Prof. Osinbajo stated this in his remarks delivered virtually on Saturday at the Stanford Africa Business Forum themed "African Innovation Shaping the Global Future", and hosted by the Stanford Business School.

Below are the Vice President’s full remarks:

VIRTUAL KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY PROF. YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, GCON, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE STANFORD AFRICA BUSINESS FORUM THEMED: AFRICAN INNOVATION SHAPING THE GLOBAL FUTURE ON THE 16TH OF APRIL 2022

PROTOCOLS

Prof Jonathan Levin, thank you for inviting me to speak. I would have loved to be there personally, but my schedule has made that impossible, so I’m glad you’re able to accommodate my contributions in this way. Thank God for technology.

Our theme - African Innovation Shaping the Global Future - is counterintuitive yet very perceptive.

Why would Africa play a pivotal role in the global future? After all, Africa is home to most of the least developed countries in the world and many African countries are at the bottom of the rung of human development indicators. It is certainly not a global leader in research and development. In terms of digital technology Africa seems to have a high mountain to climb as its internet penetration is at 39.3% compared to the world average of 58.8%.

But I would say that it is precisely because of its developmental limitations, its distance from the frontier of economic development, that Africa needs to innovate and in so doing, will catch up or indeed set the pace for the rest of the world. First of all, digitalisation offers opportunities for innovation that are not so readily available with other forms of technology and will enable African countries to leapfrog while at the same time contributing to the global future.

It is now well acknowledged that the tech sector in Africa holds a lot of promise. There are said to be almost 700 innovation hubs on the continent and venture capital funding continues to expand at a rapid pace.

This last frontier continent offers opportunities for using innovation to solve the huge deficits in financial inclusion, human capital development, access to electricity, clean energy, access to credit, and payments processing.

Take for instance the story of mobile telephony in Nigeria which has created the basis for the widespread use of digital technologies is an important one. From barely 300,000 telephone connections at the turn of the Millennium, we now have up to 188 million active mobile lines in the country.

The use of mobile telephones in Nigeria has completely redrawn the economic landscape of the country.

In addition to making it easier to communicate, smart devices are now the major way of making payments, booking air tickets, ride-hailing, accessing streaming services and listening to music.

The revolution spawned by mobile telephones would have been difficult to imagine if it had not already happened. So, a good example is financial inclusion. Using technology, notably by taking point of sale (POS) services to the informal sector, Nigerian FinTechs have helped to overcome the challenges of limited access to banking services and by so doing, ramped up financial inclusion in the country.

They have begun to spread into the rest of the continent and in many ways, have become global leaders. So, it’s no surprise that companies like Flutterwave, Paystack, Andela and Opay have achieved valuations of over US$1 billion.

How about mass education? It is evident that in order to bridge the digital skills divide and enable African children to cope with a rapidly changing world, education, relevant useful education is key. Yet, given the fact of its rapidly growing population and the relative lack of resources, it is clear that Africa cannot keep up with the ‘bricks and mortar approach’ of educating its young. So, innovation is the only way to avoid this dilemma and we must explore the opportunities to educate a large number of young people.

There is already significant activity in the EdTEch space. Today, there are close to three hundred EdTech startups in Africa and many of them are doing good work in mass education and STEM education.

The increasing economic viability of advanced robotics, artificial intelligence, 3-D printing, the Internet of Things, cloud computing, big data analytics, and blockchain technologies requires that young Africans acquire a new set of skills.

The skills that will be required range from basic digital literacy to knowledge of software and hardware engineering required to build and maintain ICT equipment and systems upon which comes the top layer of the ability to use digital tools innovatively.

Africa must promote talent and the acquisition of relevant skills for its citizens, especially the youth in the next few years. We already have companies like Andela focused on providing top class software engineering talent in Africa, while Paystack has teamed up with Lambda to provide world-class full-stack developer education for free.

Productivity remains a problem for Africa. Its agricultural production is well below its potential despite having 25% of the world’s arable land of which 50% is uncultivated. If care is not taken, the continent will continue to have an unsustainable dependence on food aid and increasing food insecurity.

Again, it is clear that it is innovation that must come to the rescue. And there are many takers, filling the gaps in many parts of the agricultural value chain. There is a start-up called Kubeko from Côte d’Ivoire in West Africa, which produces low-cost equipment that is able to process biowaste into organic fertiliser. At a time when global oil and gas prices are at record highs, this sort of innovation will help to reduce the cost of producing food while reducing post-harvest losses.

There are also quite a few fast-growing technology-driven agricultural companies. Thrive Agric for example, which recently secured $56.4 million in debt funding from commercial banks and institutional investors, links African farmers to capital, data-driven best practices, and local and global markets for their commodities.

Access to credit especially for small farmers and informal traders had remained a major challenge but also an important opportunity for innovation. In 2016, in order to facilitate a major government-driven microcredit scheme for 10miilion informal traders, the largest of its kind in Africa, the Nigerian Bank of industry commissioned a digital platform for the purpose. It proved to be tremendously successful and has now led to the commissioning of its Growth Platform, which engages 22,000 agents, living across Nigeria. Each agent is equipped with the platform’s proprietary mobile technologies, they receive mandates to capture and digitize businesses eligible for its growing suite of microcredit programmes.

In some cases, these agents (or “human banks” as they are sometimes called) open the first-ever bank account or mobile wallet used by the micro-enterprises. Every detail of each business is trackable centrally at the Bank of Industry, down to biodata, geolocation, images and facial IDs of every micro, small and medium entrepreneur where applicable.

Climate change is yet another issue and continues to pose serious risks for Africa and could hamper Africa’s post-COVID recovery and cause 86 million Africans to migrate within their own countries by 2050. The current solutions to tackling climate change also pose a dilemma for Africa in the sense that they take no account of the continent’s energy poverty. It is estimated for instance that only 40% of Africans have access to electricity.

Africa must find a pathway to improving energy access which is so vital for economic development while making its own contribution to tackling climate change.

This is why start-ups like Reeddi in Nigeria, which produces and rents out solar-powered batteries, hold out great promise to increasing access to electricity while helping to save costs. It is estimated that small businesses in Nigeria spend up to 40% of their daily expenses on electricity, an amount which the use of Reeddi reduces to 10%.

In a similar vein, Africa’s creative sector is doing quite well and building new talent across the sector and also leveraging new technologies such as (NFTs). There is also the use of virtual reality to bring Africa to the world by showcasing our arts, museums and culture.

Given the need to lend further impetus to digital technology in order to innovate for the future, we are establishing here in Nigeria the Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises Programme (i-DICE) Programme. iDICE is supported by the African Development Bank, Islamic Development Bank and the French Development Agency and it will raise about $600million to support four key pillars of the technology and creativity ecosystem. They are finance and investment, catalytic infrastructure, skills, and policy development.

There is of course some concern that the increasing use of digital technologies could lead to a loss of jobs as industrial robots and automatic teller machines replace people.

This is an important consideration because beyond the problems with alienated youth, jobs matter because the consumption from workers’ incomes contributes to economic growth. However, job losses need not accompany increasing digitalisation as numerous jobs and opportunities abound in the digital space.

The key thing is to provide our youth with the skills and knowledge to participate and benefit from the digital economy.

In conclusion, I think the evidence all around us is that in the process of addressing its challenges, Africa is using the opportunities of the digital era quite innovatively. It is imperative that we keep the momentum going so that the continent thrives, backstops innovation, creates wealth and contributes to overall global development.

I think there is no question at all that with the right spirit of hard work and problem solving that we see all over the continent, the green shoots of technological innovation will transform the continent and impact positively on the rest of the world.

Thank you very much for listening.

Released by:
Laolu Akande
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity
Office of the Vice President
17th April 2022

Definitely Osinbajo is more than ready to revive Nigeria

May God answers our prayer, happy Easter

Those Tinubu guys are misbehaving seriously and their boss need to warn them to avoid conflict.