₦airaland Forum

nairavsdollars:
Will Emir Sanusi Lamido attend?

Nobody is here to answer your question

SimplyShit:
The only thing Aso Rock stooge does is to go on errands, attend relevant and irrelevant functions

I don't think you can be wiser than this

Congratulations to the Emir of Kano

The MSME Clinics has pave way for many Nigerians to make their business strive

Osinbajo will continually remain a person of interest being a major asset of the ruling APC.

Do you think Tinubu didn't know what he was doing when he choose OSINBAJO, he believes in him,he knows his ability and trust him unlike the Ambode that Tinubu can vouch for to run for the second time as a governor

vodimov:
ambode is smart than osibanjo

Smarter ko ,duller ni ,the best candidate to have chosen is OSINBAJO and nothing more ,his achievement speaks so much on that

The government should pump money into agriculture and encourage the young graduates to venture into farming by supplying agrochemicals, machineries, land for preparation, capital and by so doing this the rate of food production will be higher

thundafire:
Always lying

What is there in the content that make you say they are lying?

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, a Professor of Law, formerly the Attorney General of Lagos State, embodies the promises of a new moral order going by his long history of integrity as a public officer, which he brightly displayed in Lagos State politics, with an impeccable record when he led the legal reforms in the state, not to now talk of his attributes thus far as the Vice President of Nigeria, an office which offers him a constitutional role as the Chairman of the National Economic Council (NEC) with brilliant deliverables thus far, writes Femi Popoola, saying, the opposition only used the NEMA, FIR, and EFCC issues, where he has already been vindicated, as mere political contrivances intended to distract him.

Ever since Vice President Yemi Osinbajo assumed office after the historic 2015 election win, so much has been said on his integrity and personality which was the major selling point for the APC during their 2015 election campaign.

Prof Osinbajo, the former Attorney General of Lagos State, and a Professor of Law embodies the promises of a new moral order going by his long history of integrity as a public officer, this he brightly displayed in Lagos State politics, as his impeccable record when he led the legal reforms in the state is white as snow, not now to talk of his attributes thus far as the Vice President of Nigeria, an office which offers him a constitutional role of the chairman of the National Economic Council (NEC).

As expected, there has been a legion of commentaries and discussions by many observers, writers, political commentators, analysts and revisionists directed at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) pastor in a bid to dissect his faith, politics, philosophy and integrity.

In the Nigerian political context and possibly other climes, the moment an individual presents him/herself for a political post, his life automatically becomes a subject of pubic scrutiny. While one would expect that such scrutiny is inevitable as politicians anywhere in the world are expected to be accountable to their people, but the amoral politics of the Nigerian landscape presents a different reality.

Going by Nigeria’s chequered political history, many traditional politicians are generally viewed with distrust because they are sometimes seen as simply occupying public offices for occupying sake, rather than truly serving the people in their exalted position. This general assumption makes political offices in the country a no go area for persons with high moral value and decency.

While the Vice President has enjoyed a great deal of affection and praises by many commentators which is an alien experience for politicians in this country where they are generally held in low esteem, Osinbajo has also endured a furnace of persecution, denudation and name calling like “V.P. Academics” from his traducers, who believe he should not be treated differently. Well, life they say is a mixed bag and Osinbajo’s political career is no different. It has not entirely been a bed of roses for the sprightly 64-year-old, neither has it been a golgotha of thorns.

Osinbajo’s reputation and longstanding integrity was firstly put to the fire in a virulent manner at the backdrop of Tunde Fowler’s exit from the Federal Inland Revenue Service due to corruption cases.

A letter from the late President’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, had surfaced on the Internet querying the FIRS boss on the discrepancy in their figures. The following day, the story came up that the VP allegedly took N90 billion from that same FIRS to fund the 2019 elections. It was the most confusing story of the year in 2019. There were a lot of insinuations and gossips. While some believed it was a knife fight in the APC party politics by some cabals who wanted to reduce Osinbajo growing influence, others posited that the purveyors of such malicious lie had planned it well by dragging Osinbajo to the Fowler’s corruption story due to their similar backgrounds and chummy relationship. Fowler was a childhood friend and a former classmate of the VP.

The apocrypha story trended in beer parlors and on various social media platforms for some days but the purveyors were having difficulty explaining to us how such huge amount of money was delivered.
With another intent to puncture the integrity of the former Law Professor, the Vice President was also dragged into the issue of the N5.8 billion National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) scandal this time by the opposition PDP.

The main opposition party had claimed that the Vice President had “failed to provide a cogent response to the report of the House of Representatives on the N33 billion NEMA fraud in addition to allegations that the N5.8 billion was withdrawn from the national coffers, while he was Acting President, without legislative consent and expended without recourse to extant due process, procurement and contract rules.”

Osinbajo’s only administrative iniquity was the immediate action he took when he approved funds for the emergency operations in the North East at the time the entire region was facing a severe humanitarian crisis. They claimed that the funds were from the consolidated Revenue Fund not budgeted funds. Although, it was later discovered that the funds approved were actually from budgeted funds, specifically the Rice Levy.

Babafemi Ojudu, the presidential political adviser while responding to the claim said, “Nowhere in the House of Representative Committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness report was there an allegation of corruption against the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, and this is why claims against him from some quarters regarding the report are mere political contrivances intended to distract him.

“It is evident that the opposition are in search of company for their acts of grand corruption which brought Nigeria to its knees as of May 2015. They cannot find that company in the Vice President.

“First, there is nowhere in the politicised House of Reps report where the VP was accused of corruption or embezzlement of funds. I challenge them to quote any word or sentence that makes such an accusation.”

Again, the Vice President found himself enmeshed in another campaign of calumny. A renowned merchant of fake news, Jackson Ude, on July 8, 2020 through his media platform Pointblank News published a story with a headline that says “How Magu Embezzled N39 billion, Gave Osinbajo N4 billion, Begs for Soft Landing.”

For those who are not familiar with the fake news monger, here is a man who once worked with the former President Goodluck Jonathan government. He has a clear history of blackmail and false publications. The Mrs Oyindamola Amuka fraudulent story and the former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala blackmail he orchestrated are still fresh in our memory.

Jackson is a notorious fraudulent publisher, whose illegal activities have denied him a stay in the country. So, such publications against the person of the VP holds no water as none of the reputable news media published similar story.

Not only did the Vice President through his lawyer requested the Inspector General of Police to investigate Jackson and his malicious story, but it also defies human reasoning to imagine how Magu or the EFCC that doesn’t have a vault in its office or has a total control over the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), will dole out such fortune to the Vice President (that by law he is not answerable to).

Although the allegation would later disappear into thin air not only the report could not be substantiated but because there are some Nigerians who refused to be gullible. Those that can tell between facts and fictions and won’t mistake a monkey for a gorilla have since trashed the malicious fake news.

The coordination and the barrage at which most of these smear campaigns against the VP always hit the media space has raised a suspicion from some quarters who believe someone or an organised network of people was after VP Osinbajo ahead of the 2023 politics of scheming and permutation.

As Donald A. Adams put it: “To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.” I can confidently say that Osinbajo came to Nigerian politics with reputation and integrity. That is why up till now his loudest traducers have not come up with a valid corruption case against him. He is a man of honour and integrity. Everywhere he goes, he is lauded and garlanded for his virtues. What is bred in the bones they never goes out through the flesh.

A Renowned Professor of Law, Itse Sagay, while commenting on Prof Osinbajo said: “The Vice President is an incorruptible man of God, a man of high moral standing who is as clean as a whistle. He will not appropriate any money that doesn’t belong to him to himself.”

During a gathering of the All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters at a dinner sometime in 2019 after the victory of the re-election of APC government, Osinbajo said: “As I repeated many times during the course of the campaign that our country is not short of ideas, we are not short of projects; we are not short of money either; what we are short of is integrity in office.”

While all this scheming, politics, permutations, constant barrage against the person of the VP may not end anytime soon as clock ticks towards the 2023 general election, Osinbajo will continually remain a person of interest being a major asset of the ruling APC. The fight will get more belligerent if the APC party decides to give him a presidential ticket and Osinbajo should have nothing to fear. His integrity which has brought him this far will definitely not abandon him in the hands of his accusers.

I am also praying vehemently on that and I pray it ends soon

I so much like this idea that this administration came up with,we should know that poor feeding lead to malnutrition

It fits into Buhari’s plan to lift 100m Nigerians out of poverty, says VP

In line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s agenda to lift 100m Nigerians from poverty within a decade and the globally acclaimed Sustainable Development Goals, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, is leading the Federal Government’s collaboration with the United Nations to improve Nigeria’s food systems.

The effort is to attack the menace of hunger, combat malnutrition, reduce poor diet-related diseases among others.

The Federal Government and the United Nations had led series of public dialogues at national and sub-national levels that culminated today in the presentation of the Nigeria Food Systems mapping report to State governments across the six geo-political zones.

Prof. Osinbajo made the presentation at a Consolidatory Dialogue for the UN Food Systems Summit held in Abuja, attended by some State Governors, the Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, Ms. Amina Mohammed, members of the Federal Executive Council, Nigeria's development partners and other dignitaries from the academia, private and public sectors.

Speaking at the event, the Vice President said aside from the goal of realizing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and guaranteeing food security for a growing population, the sustainable food systems effort fits into the plan of the Buhari administration to eliminate poverty across Nigeria.

According to the Vice President, “for the government of Nigeria, our commitment to sustainable food systems is one of the key strategies for eliminating poverty across Nigeria.

“We know that our target of lifting a hundred million Nigerians out of poverty within a decade is only achievable if we focus on substantially improving agriculture and food systems which assure us of not just good food, but also jobs.

“This perspective on addressing hunger, manultrition and poverty runs through our policy frameworks, including our recently launched National Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy, and our Nutrition Policy that addresses the issues of a sustainable and nutrition sensitive food system.”

The President had previously named his deputy, the Vice President as Chairman of the Steering Committee to oversee the implementation of the National Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy. The VP is also the Chairman of the National Council on Nutrition.

Emphasizing the need to develop more efficient food systems, the Vice President noted that “our food system must be resilient enough to significantly impact nutrition security, and our collective efforts must reduce the malnutrition numbers.

“We must realise that defining bold steps to improve food systems and by extension, food security ensures that children have improved health, early development and increased intellectual and emotional readiness to learn.

“This translates to positive school engagement and improves the potential of children growing into healthy adults.

"On the other hand, imagine a generation of adults who suffer arrested physical and mental health, and the social and economic burden on their families, their communities and the nation. Imagine the implications of approximately 50% of Nigeria’s population being at risk if we do not get it right.”

Prof. Osinbajo called on all stakeholders to translate the recommendations of the dialogues to prompt action, noting that “it would mean embracing the changes required in modernization of farming practices, mechanization, and reduction of post-harvest losses.”

“We must ensure that we practice environmentally sustainable production; we must empower our communities by creating jobs and livelihoods to sustain the food systems we desire,” the Vice President added.

Prof. Osinbajo said the call by the United Nations Secretary-General on sustainable food systems is apt and timely, noting that “it provides the opportunity to holistically re-examine all the element of the Food System in Nigeria.”

He added : “I have no doubt that the 39 dialogues held nationally and sub-nationally have been accessible to all stakeholders and able to identify those challenges that still clog our wheel of progress especially in the relevant sectors.”

Other dignitaries at the event include Ministers of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Mohammed Nanono; Health, Dr Osagie Ehinare; Finance, Budget and National Planning, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed; Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba, and the convener of the Dialogue, Mrs Olusola Idowu.

Also at the event, Prof. Kola Amigo from the Ahmadu Bello University presented the findings from the various UN Food Systems dialogues held in the country and a group of Nigerian children similarly voiced out their views on the dialogues.

Laolu Akande
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity
Office of the Vice President
29th June 2021

MadamVanessa:
A mere commissioner

If you like call him anything, so far he is doing the right and ready to move Nigeria upward

Without doubt this administration has helped so such in terms of infrastructure and still counting

Stories by Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja

Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has enumerated the achievements of this administration in infrastructure development.
He stressed that the infrastructure development were part of the efforts to lift 100 million Nigerians from poverty.

Osinbajo, who was represented by the Minister of State for Works and Housing, Mr. Abubakar Aliyu, spoke while delivering his keynote address at the Annual Conference of the Nigerian Institute of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV), which took place in Abuja.

According to him, some of the infrastructure included the commencement of the 156Km Lagos Ibadan rail service and the completion and commissioning of 327 km Itakpe–Warri Standard Gauge Rail after 33 years of abandonment by previous administrations.
He added that the ongoing construction of Kano-Maradi railway, commencement of work on Port-Harcourt Maiduguri railway lines, ongoing negotiation on the Ibadan–Kano standard gauge rail projects and the Abuja light rail project which was completed in 2018, were some major landmarks of the current administration.

On roads, he said the government created the Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF), investing over $1 billion in three flagship projects: the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Second Niger Bridge and the Abuja–Kaduna roads.
Osinbajo called on the institute to consider ways to partner with government at all levels to optimise benefits in the real estate sector for the benefit of the nation.

He listed potential areas of partnership to include the Buhari led administration’s vision to take 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years since government is looking up to investment in infrastructure as a tool to realising the vision.

He mentioned the National Social Housing Programme (NSHP) which is a component of the national post-COVID Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) as another area of partnership.
The vice president explained that the plan was created to accelerate ongoing efforts by the government to improve access to social housing.

He added that government intended to stimulate local production by engaging small and medium size construction firms to produce construction inputs such as tiles, nails, doors, windows and paint as well as building affordable houses across the country.

According to him, the Nigerian Mortgage Refinancing Company (NMRC) was created to develop the secondary market to refinance mortgages, asking NIESV to undertake advocacy with stakeholders both in the public and private sector to promote legislation that will provide support for the company.
In his speech, the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, who was represented on the occasion by the Director, Special Projects Unit of the Ministry, Dr. Aisha Mohammed, revealed that conscious efforts were being made in respect of accessibility, affordability and security of land tittles.

Fashola disclosed that between July 2018 and May 2021, the ministry processed and issued 4,628 Certificates of Occupancy and 2,230 consents to secondary land transactions, adding that the titles can be used by holders to access investible loans to start new businesses or grow existing ones, thereby expanding the economy.
He disclosed that the Ministry was engaging estate surveyors and valuers in implementing the valuation of federal government assets for purposes of International Public Sector Accounting Standard (IPSAS).

In his welcome address, the President of the institute, Mr. Emmanuel Wike said the association had positively and progressively impacted the Nigerian landscape with several achievements and contributions.

He added that the conference would provide opportunities for networking, expansion, deepening of knowledge and professional development.

Xscape1993:
Which Osinbajo for which president?

The same professor Yemi Osinbajo you know

Okoroawusa:
So you people have left Tinubu and now concentrating on Osinbajo?

Wailing no dey tire una?

Let them continue wailing while Osinbajo and I continue to progress and successful

I believe in Osinbajo capacity, hardworking and innovative to become Nigerian president come 2023 because he formed excellently while he was acting president then ....Nigeria's acting president ordered the overhaul of a police unit following allegations of human rights violations then

Jaro999:
I seconded

Did you know Osinbajo is trying to fix what your boss .......Jonathan and PDP destroyed

There must be highly experienced and professionism in what we do

K

Fahdiga1:
Audio

Only Mumu can say audio

This is a clear indication that Nigeria youths are strive and ready to achieve greater things

Fahdiga1:
Which Osinbajo?

How many Osinbajo do you know?

With the MSME going on ,it's a clear indication that Nigerian youths and especially Gombe people are highly innovated

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the large number of entries received for the 2021 National Micro and Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Awards is encouraging.
Osinbajo spoke on Sunday at the 4th National MSMEs Awards held at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja.

The vice president said that since it was introduced, the National MSMEs Award had grown appreciably and had become a key feature of the national MSMEs space.

“I bring you warm greetings from President Muhammadu Buhari, who is, as you know, particularly proud of the impact and contributions of MSMEs in the economy.

“I am particularly delighted to have another opportunity to see some of our young and innovative entrepreneurs, here in this hall today.

“Since its inauguration in 2018, the National MSMEs Awards has grown in leaps and bounds.

“It has become a prominent feature in the annual event calendar of the MSMEs community in Nigeria, attracting thousands of prospective business owners, established entrepreneurs, regulators and financiers.

“In the first edition of the awards in 2018, some 500 applications were received; I am told that over 10,000 entries were received for this year’s edition alone.’’

He said that the large number of entries had demonstrated that the interest shown in the awards by Nigerian entrepreneurs was tremendous.
Osinbajo said that in the past years, winners in the different categories had gone home with various prizes that had impacted their businesses and profiles – cash prizes, cars, and of course local and international media attention.

“The awards have also inspired many young entrepreneurs to greatness and some of the stories are simply incredible.

“This year we also have a selection of outstanding winners.

“Our MSME of the Year “Bold Artistry” is a company with a team of young and creative artists working on improving the arts industry by introducing polystyrene to their works.

“ With this they have created impressive artworks and are providing jobs for many budding artists.

“Osky Integrated has created its niche in the business of catfish farming; the founders are adding value to fish farming through processing for the local and export market

“Other winners such as Vegas Gold and the Footwear Academy are promoting made in Nigeria products in the fashion and footwear industries respectively.’’

He said that the decision to make the annual celebration of excellence and innovation in the sector a week-long event was to draw more attention to the challenges and prospects in the MSMEs sector.

According to him, all the finalists typically get, as part of the prize package, two weeks of media attention to showcase and market their products.

“I am glad to note that this year will be even bigger when compared to the limitations experienced during the 2020 edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic,’’ he said.

The vice president also gave highlights on some of the Federal Government’s support for the MSMEs sector.

He said that in the aftermath of the pandemic, the Federal Government designed the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP).

Osinbajo said that the plan was to save jobs and create new opportunities.

“ One of the interventions in the plan was the MSMEs Survival Fund which comprises of a Payroll Support scheme for qualifying businesses, a Guaranteed Offtake Scheme–a grant scheme for artisans and transporters, and free business name registration,’’ he said.

The vice president had earlier, presented Best MSMEs State One-Stop Shop to Gombe State and Best MSMEs Clinic Support to the FCT.

In her remarks, Hajia Mariam Katagum, Minister of State for Trade and Investment, said the event was innovative as it coincided with the UN MSMEs Day, June 27.
In an overview, Amb. Adeyemi Dipeolu, Special Adviser to the President on Economic Matters, Office of the Vice-President, said that the event was intended to celebrate and acknowledge the contributions of small businesses to the Nigerian economy.
The awards which came in 13 categories saw the awardees winning various sums of money, six brand new cars, among others.

Tola Johnson, Special Assistant to the President on Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Office of the Vice President, had recently announced that the portal for the fourth National MSMEs Award would be open from May 10.

Johnson, who is also the Coordinator of, Project Delivery Office (PDO), said that a new portal www.msmeclinics.gov.ng was created for the fourth National MSMEs Award.

President Buhari, through the vice president, moved to empower and reward MSMEs across the country which gave birth to National MSME Clinics in 2017.

Some offshoots of the clinics include the MSMEs One-Stop-Shop, the Shared Facility Initiative and the MSMEs Awards conceived in 2018.

Congratulations to the winners

This is good, they own us too much

Good because higher tax rates can be a disincentive to businesses and investments.

WiszyFraud:
Did you know??

There’s a big difference between wielding your power and destroying your country.

#KeepitOn

So what does that mean? You better open your eyes and goodwill of this administration

MadamVanessa:
Wahala for who waste his or her precious time to listen to a mere houseboy that was religated to a commissioner position.

Thank God for that ,pls tell me has anyone attain the position of local government councillor in your entired family before you start abusing a man who revive Nigeria and taking you guys out of recession