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mrvitalis:
I wonder why people in power keep telling us our problems like we dont know them already

Why are u talking sir get to work and fix the issue na that's why we elected u

A lot has been done and still doing under Osinbajo

tarodeleks:
Been in power for more than 6 years.. u and your boss have not done anything to help it

It's glaring and laudable achievement to see a gigantic work being done by Buhari/Osinbajo

hakym619:
Hisses

Hissing to yourself

Candidate004:
Who are the cause of the challenges? No be una

Pls how does he caused it?

Euegene100001:
Cos of u and Buhari

I know someone like you won't have a good thing to say

Analyst7:
I thought this one brain has been crippled to the extent that he couldn’t say the truth anymore

Which truth your fool is expecting again ?

One mean per day introduced by Buhari/Osinbajo target for 10 to 24 years age has really helped and nourish to feed our wards

yanabasee1:
Then create awareness and stop m*dturbating... You common commissioner...

You called him a commissioner, what has been your parents position in your community, e-goa

The medium, small and micro enterprises (MSMEs) in the country benefited immensely from the continental market of AFCFTA

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday lamented that small business owners in the country are yet to know the benefits they derive from the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement.

Osinbajo, who spoke in Abuja while declaring open a two-day programme on Organised Private Sector in Nigeria Roundtable Dialogue on Potential Impact of AfCFTA agreement called for more sensitisation of the Medium, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).

The programme was organised by the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) in conjunction with Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Centre for International Private Enterprise, among others.
The vice president, who was represented by Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, noted that the sensitisation was imperative to ensure that the MSMEs in the country benefited from the continental market.

While presenting his report titled: "Continental Integration and the Nigerian Economy", he said it focused on the effect of AfCFTA on MSMEs in the country adding that the report was to fill the knowledge gap on the possible effects of AfCFTA on the economy.

According to him, the report was based on the surveys conducted for 1,800 MSMEs in five states, covering multiple sociocultural zones to evaluate the awareness and preparedness of MSMEs.

"The survey results disclosed that the majority of MSMEs are unaware of the existence of the trade agreement, especially smaller businesses.

"This is an important finding for the nation as this lack of knowledge will prevent their successful utilisation of the agreement."

Earlier, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed said that Nigeria's ratification of the AfCFTA provided a unique opportunity for Nigerian exporters to enhance their productive and export capabilities.

"To achieve positive results for exporters and the wider economy, we must be proactive and strategic in taking steps to improve the ability of Nigerian companies to compete with other producers on the continent."

What is storage in agriculture? Storage in agriculture is simply the act of keeping farm produce ‘safe’ after harvest before taking it to the market for sale or for further processing (Take note of the word safe, the farm produce you intend to keep have to be in good condition or else they get spoilt and you lose your crops even before taking them to the market). Meanwhile, storage facilities are infrastructures that are built primarily to keep farm produce safe before marketing or other intended use, examples include barn, jute bags, silos e.t.c. Storage of farm produce has a lot of significance in agriculture which affects the development of agriculture in Nigeria.

One of the major things while there is incessant increasing in food is as a result of COVID-19 pandemic and the insecurity and we are begging the federal government to pls crash the prices of food and commodity to make like easier for the populace

Hangmnk:
Osibanjo is a Skull miner. fcking pagan practitioner

Mere seeing your comment will deduce how slowpoke,useless you are

The sack is believed to be related to Mr Daura’s role in the siege on the National Assembly and has nothing to do with Osinbajo

Feted as an accomplished technocrat who managed to get things done while Buhari was away on repeated bouts of ill health, vice president Yemi Osinbajo angered the cabal surrounding Buhari by sacking DSS security chief Lawal Daura. Since then, his chances of seizing the presidency dwindled, as his opportunities for action have been increasingly curtailed by Buhari's administration.
A long read on Osinbajo's chances ahead of the 2023 presidential poll.

https://www.theafricareport.com/111931/nigeria-2023-osinbajos-chances-grow-slimmer-as-cabal-tightens-grip-on-presidency/

The effort of this administration is to ensure that it continued to play critical role in the growth of the country’s social and economic well being.

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE

*At NBA Lagos Law week, VP suggests hybrid approach to legal education

*Adds: Innovation is a matter of urgency for the legal profession

*Calls for deterrent costs against dilatory tactics

The Nigerian judiciary must embrace technology and innovation, not only for the evolution of the profession and national development but also to ensure that the country’s justice delivery mechanism is run on a system of enforceable, discernible laws and efficient institutions, according to Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.

Prof. Osinbajo stated this in a pre-recorded speech on Monday as guest speaker at the 2021 Annual Law Week of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Lagos Branch, themed ‘Disruption, Innovation and The Bar’.

Speaking on how the country’s justice delivery system can support critical investments in today’s very dynamic economy, the VP noted that “questions also need be asked about the readiness of our profession to engage in new markets as presented by the African Continental Free Trade Area. Already Nigerian Banks and financial services are crossing borders in Africa, acquiring banks in several African countries. So, the AfCTA will open new trans-border commercial opportunities, and our profession should pay attention to the rules of engagement for legal services and how they may propel our business.”

According to the Vice President, innovation in Nigeria’s legal profession requires urgency in both thought and action, especially in a world which currently thrives on knowledge economy, and where some jobs, including legal jobs, are being threatened by digitization and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Citing the example of how continuous improvement in the quality of smartphone cameras disrupted global sales of digital camera, the VP observed that now “AI is commonly used to perform tasks such as legal research and due diligence, document and contract review, and the prediction of legal outcomes - these are tasks that would have been performed by lawyers.”

“With the continuing progress in technology, it is only a matter of time before the time capsule catches up with us in Nigeria,” he stated while calling for continuous improvement in the institutional capacity of judges, court registries, court staff, and court infrastructure.

He added, “As digitalisation has already disrupted other industries, it is possible to predict that AI will go further and disrupt the business model of the legal industry.

"For example, the AI legal service called ROSS is an AI system that can research and offer legal opinions about questions that may be posed by lawyers. And ROSS is then able to provide an answer; a properly considered legal opinion, taking into account the case laws and statutory authority in order to be able to come to that conclusion… So, providing predictive legal opinion is no longer the exclusive domain of lawyers, and as the years go by, it will become even more so.

“We are part of the global marketplace for investment and legal services. So, the extent to which we can attract business to our country depends in part upon investor perception of the quality of our justice delivery system. If we are seen as inefficient and ineffective, we would lose out to more efficient systems.”

Speaking on the issue of delay in the country’s justice delivery process, Prof. Osinbajo further noted that the country’s judiciary ought to find ways to tackle jurisdictional challenges, particularly delays in court judgments, among others.

“I argued an appeal at the Court of Appeal in 2013, only to learn yesterday as I discussed with former colleagues in the law firm where I worked, that the appeal at the Supreme Court is not even listed to be heard in 2021. As someone said; our problem is not access to justice, it is exiting the justice system with some credible result.

"Should we not be evolving a cost award system that recognizes the court as a finite public resource, and as such delays and other dilatory tactics are visited with deterrent costs?

Noting that the Law week, as well as future engagements, provided an opportunity for some reflections by legal practitioners, the VP raised pertinent issues that would spur innovation and growth in the country’s judiciary.

He said, “For example, our jurisprudence on jurisdiction - does it promote legal certainty or help to cloud the issues even further? Have jurisdictional challenges become a potent weapon that strike blindly in all directions? What is the quality of judicial thinking, is it a mere recourse to formulas, catchphrases, and clichés instead of a rigorous analysis of legislative intent and public interest adding some common sense? Are procedural and adjectival rules a bane or tool for justice and speed?

“How does a system explain to society that the current rule established by our apex court is that the signature of a law firm instead of that of an individual legal practitioner on a court process could negate or extinguish the substance of the rights of individuals and commercial parties to justice in a decade’s old case or even in a case that is much older?

"Or how does justice delayed at the convenience of legal practitioners or the benefit of litigants become justice attained?

Also highlighting the need for innovation in legal training and the necessity of virtual hearings, the VP stated that “change is happening quickly all around us in every sphere of life. A sentimental clutching on to traditions will not serve us well. We have seen already that there is nothing sacrosanct about proceedings taking place in physical courtrooms. Virtual hearings are efficient and speedy.”

He commended States, including Lagos, that have embraced innovation and issued practice directions that permitted virtual proceedings during the pandemic lockdown, which he noted was “in line with the commitment the Chief Justice of Nigeria made recently to a full-scale digital revolution in the judiciary that would guarantee electronic filing of court processes, virtual hearings and delivery of judgments.”

Particularly, the VP highlighted how the Supreme Court delivered some time-bound judgments by Zoom (video platform) during the recent strike by Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) strike.

Suggesting a hybrid approach to legal education in the country, the Vice President urged the Association to consider how innovation in technology would impact on legal education in the future.

He said, “aside from all the issues around moving firmly to clinical legal education and a more problem-solving teaching orientation, we must also decide the question of whether the Nigerian law school needs to be an in-person residential course or mostly online, including taking examinations online.

"Today it is becoming obvious that cramping thousands of students into a classroom for lectures at the law school is a suboptimal teaching and learning environment.”

He added that “even mock trials can be more effectively done online and courtroom processes can be put on videos and re-watched several times by students. Of course, we may still retain court and chamber attachments.”

The Vice President further stated that the legal profession needs to go a step further by institutionalizing these innovations, because “our justice delivery system, practice norms, and service levels must also show a propensity for innovation, for growth and evolution.”


Laolu Akande
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity
Office of the Vice President
26th July 2021

This is another area for our young and creative students to benefit and it highly encouraging

Good ,we dey expect more

O ma loud gan, two giant strides

Aystarz:
All talk, no stuff.


Eggheads indeed.

For your eyes, e-goat

kambili999:
Always talking. Conferences are awesome. But we don't see anything positive from the ones this people do.

It's only a deaf and dumb that will complain of not seeing any positive things

englishmart:
When I saw Barkindo, at first I thought it was Bakayoko. I was like what's Bakayoko doing with Osinbajo?

BTW, Osinbajo should do something about his brown teeth

So you didn't a reasonable thing to say than abusive language, I guessed you are demented

Triangles1:
Osi silent.

I can't understand you but if you are referring to our amiable VP then you must be fool

This is the time for Africa to grow its energies with innovative solutions.

Omoluabi1stborn:


Nothing like Yoruba Christian or Yoruba Muslims

Osinbanjo
Adeshina
Tinubu
Fayemi
Fashola

Those are our candidates for now.

Among these aforementioned candidates I will go for Osinbajo because he's tested,trusted and trustworthy

Monogamy:
Any politicians that use restructuring as part of their manifestos in 2023 are simply lying cos restructuring Nigeria is not visible even after the 2023 election

Why not restructure is 100% visible and it will be made possible so let us vote for a man whom we believe in

I believe Nigerians have tested and have trust in God that nobody does it right except Osinbajo, therefore all my votes and family goes to him