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The bible says give thanks to God always, so I'm in support of Osinbajo while giving thanks, praises and adoration to God because he believes no matter how the situation surrounding the nation we will conquer

I so much believe in his capacity

Congratulations to those who benefited from it

Though this administration is really trying in terms of capital budget, facilities, making life pleasurable to the populace but they still need to focus more on the insecurity of our land

Thanks to Buhari/Osinbajo for making life easier for the populace

Peace ,unity and coexistence have been the VP OSINBAJO watchword so we all need to emulate this

By Ariwodola Idowu
Legal icon, Aare Afe Babalola, on Friday said his peace conference initiative is a direct response to an earlier request by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, for men and women of goodwill to contribute to moving Nigeria forward.
He also said the peace conference was designed to help find ways out of the current national challenges and not to divide the country.
The nonegarian said this in a goodwill message at the foundation-laying ceremony of the “NBA House”, located along NTA road in Ado Ekiti.
Babalola said he is a steady friend of governments and that his views and advise have always been respected in the past.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Babalola had pleaded with the Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, to lead other opinion leaders and moulders like former Presidents, National Assembly, traditional and religious leaders, Civil Society Organizations to the conference, tagged “Summit of Hope”.
He said attendants would consist of past Presidents, members and representatives of National and State Assemblies, University Vice Chancellors, Obas, Emirs, Trade Unionists, among others, who will suggest how the country will have a new constitution to solve our labyrinth of problems.
Babalola said lawyers knew that “the constitution is clear on the right of all of us, either singly or together, to advise government, in good faith, on how the country can move forward, devoid of disintegration or anarchy.
Babalola said Vice President Osinbajo’s blame on Nigerian elites for keeping quiet, formed part of the reasons he took up the challenge.
”All I am doing, in my own case, is to prevent the country from disintegration and drifting into anarchy so that it can remain an indivisible entity, and not to throw the country into turmoil as being suggested.
”I am here to spend my own money and time to help government return decorum to our dear nation. There must not be anarchy or civil war,” he said.
Meanwhile, Ekiti State Council of Elders, in a separate statement after its Strategic Committee meetings, expressed support for Babalola’s move to help the Federal government return normalcy and peace to the country
A communique, jointly signed by its President, Prof. Joseph Oluwasanmi, General-Secretary, Mr. Niyi Ajibulu, and Public Relations Officer, Dr. Bayo Orire, said the council is proud to identify with Babalola.
The council said it is also proud of the cooperation exhibited by the Ooni of Ife and urged others to emulate his kind gestures.
The Elders Council said it will also organise a mini summit which will act as a prelude to the one being contemplated by the eminent lawyer.

Buhari/Osinbajo administration is a problem keeper and the ESP has gone wide in changing the life of the populace

jerseyboy:
Villa Rats. Una don come.

The son of slowpoke, una don start

The Vice President said and I quote "the Federal Government will ramp up efforts to so more Nigerians have access to electricity and affordable housing." and that is a good and welcome development

I guessed the OP is demented because Osinbajo can't compare with those past administration who did nothing but as for him he performs his duty regularly

Perhaps the first set of eminent Nigerian to rush down to the RCCG Camp on hearing the news of the transition of Pastor Dare Adeboye, the third born of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, included Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Governor Dapo Abiodun, Labour Minister of State Festus Keyamo and the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Dr. Supo Ayokunle.
Osinbajo arrived first at the residence of the Adeboyes Thursday morning before he headed out to Delta where he went to commission the FRSC Training School. With the Vice President at the Camp to condole with Pastor Adeboye, his wife and the family where the Ogun State Governor and the Minister of State for Labour.

Later, the CAN President also joined them by which senior elders of the church and closed associates of the family had also arrived.
Osinbajo arrived first at the residence of the Adeboyes Thursday morning before he headed out to Delta where he went to commission the FRSC Training School. With the Vice President at the Camp to condole with Pastor Adeboye, his wife and the family where the Ogun State Governor and the Minister of State for Labour.

Later, the CAN President also joined them by which senior elders of the church and closed associates of the family had also arrived.
Akande wrote, “VP Osinbajo visits Daddy G.O, Pastor Adeboye & Mummy G.O this morning commiserating on the sad loss of our beloved Pastor Dare. He was accompanied by Gov. Abiodun & Minister Keyamo. May Pst Dare’s memory be blessed & the LORD grants fortitude to Daddy G.O, Mummy, the family & all”.

For better Nigeria ,we need to create more jobs

Nigeria's unity is one for which enough blood has been spilled and many hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost. Many have paid for the unity of this country with their lives, and it will be wrong of us, as men and women of goodwill in this generation, to toy with those sacrifices that have been made.

By Joel Popoola

I am almost as old as Nigeria itself, and in all my time on Earth, I have never known our nation to face so many challenges.

Corruption. Covid-19. Kidnapping. Economic collapse. Climate Change. Civil insurrection from secessionists. Civil unrest in rural towns.

Last month alone, almost 600 civilians were killed across our nation – with at least 400 abducted by armed groups.

As I write this, senior lawmakers are urging President Buhari to declare a state of emergency, with one senator stating “our nation is on fire”.

This is why Yemi Osinbajo’s plea for unity this week is so important.

The Vice President has said: “If the political elite does not speak up, if we don’t see anything wrong in what is going on, if we allow it to continue to slide, we will endanger ourselves and endanger the future of our country.

“I know that every conflict is a result of elite failure, the elite failure to speak up and tell the truth to their communities, that’s the cause of every one of these civil conflicts. So, I would urge that we speak up. I would urge that we stand for something. Sometimes it’s dangerous to stand for something. But the greater danger of course, is to keep quiet.”

But who is this political elite speaking up to? How are they speaking to them? And how do we ensure that those who are not part of this elite have the opportunity to talk back? How are ordinary Nigerians supposed to get involved in this conversation?

The answer is digital.

Yemi Osinbajo is one of the leaders who best understands how Nigeria’s future must be driven by digital.

Just this week the Vice President announced a new partnership with global tech giant Microsoft which will digitally upskill 5 million Nigerians – designed to boost their employability and entrepreneurship – and improve internet connectivity and cloud access across our nation.

The Vice President has also this week spoken of the importance of the start-up ecosystem as a “catalyst for future economic activities that will bridge the divide between rich and developing countries” and Nigeria’s wider economic development.

At a time when it feels like the only expanding economic sector in Nigeria is industrial scale kidnapping, the promise of a digital and digitised economy becomes more and more critical to our national future – not least as economic inequality is one of the principle driving forces behind so many of our security issues.

But this goes deeper than economic development. Our democracy must digitise too.

As the digital democracy campaign I lead, we are working to build digital bridges between voters and elected politicians – developing personal relationships between local leaders and the communities they serve in the name of collaboration, co-operation and unity.
We have developed a free smartphone app called Rate Your Leader which connects verified political figures with verified voters in the divisions they serve.
The app gives local people the access only previous allowed by lobbyists and party donors, which giving politicians a real-time insight into what matters most to the people who elect them – allowing them to take action, make changes and win the respect, trust and affection of the people their serve.

Once these relationships are established it becomes a lot easier for Nigerians to come together in the national interest. These relationships don’t exist in isolation and aren’t limited to the digital space, the more of us who join hands across political philosophies, ethnicities and even geographies and agree that as Nigerians we will always have more in common than what separates us, the quicker we can move forward as a nation.
As one observer has written, the people of Nigerian too often “lack a shared sense of what it means to be “Nigerian” leaving our country “a state that only exists on paper, sustained by the recognition of the international community”.

But as many of our artists and creatives – not to mention our social movements – can tell you, communities can be created almost instantaneously online.

Digital democracy, using platforms like Rate Your Leader, makes this possible.
Nigerians are more likely to own a smartphone than voter’s card. Politicians must recognise that and utilise the power and potential of the online communication to build the connections that are so badly needed to hold our nation together. If not now, then when?

Joel Popoola is a Nigerian tech entrepreneur, digital democracy campaigner, political commentator and creator of the Rate Your Leader smartphone app. He can be reached via @JOPopoola

two giant strides meet together

Racoon:
Start from your government mr VP Osinbajo

Are you just waking up from your slumber because he has started already

Angrygoat:
Bastards' dem gondey behave like monk. Meanwhile na them be the most corrupt . Bastard

You are just talking in a rubbish

Angrygoat:
Bastards' dem gondey behave like monk. Meanwhile na them be the most corrupt . Bastard

If he or the president corrupt like that your mumu fada then Nigeria could worse than this

lexy2014:
Pls where did osinbajo and buharis children have their education? Was it in nigeria?

What kind of silly and unmanner question are you asking

Elvictor:
Idiot of a vice

I guessed you didn't understand the topic or let say you have half education that made you talked rudly ,insane child

The most important thing is that we must continue to promote justice, equity and fairness among the diverse groups (ethnic nationalities) in the country. The greater the cooperation between states and the federal government, the greater the development that Nigerians would witness.”

I like the idea that Federal Government will continue to support organizations that demonstrate commitment to their statutory duties,good job

Oh God ! This is terrible, I'm speechless, May God console the family to bear the loss

I am very hopeful that this country will truly realise its potentials and I believe that all of us working together can make that happen.

I like the way Buhari/Osinbajo is helping Nigeria by pumping more money into agriculture so that we can have greater production of food

VP Osinbajo has done excellently to solve Nigeria problem

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
Former Ogun Gov Daniel tells VP: We know your job is not easy, but we are proud of you

Though Nigeria is facing diverse challenges, it will overcome the problems and realize its potentials especially if people who share progressive views continue to work together in the interest of the country, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.

Prof. Osinbajo stated this Wednesday when he received on a courtesy visit to the Presidential Villa, members of a SouthWest Think-Tank known as IMODOYE led by former Ogun State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel. (Imodoye means knowledge is valuable)

According to the Vice President, “I am very hopeful that this country will truly realize its potentials and I believe that all of us working together can make that happen. If the progressive ideas are put forward and we focus, then this country indeed will work.

“The country is ours, we should make it happen, there will be many challenges but I think that we must be prepared to face it until progressive views of improved welfare for the citizens that we represent, eventually prevail.”

Speaking on the efforts of the Buhari administration to address some of the challenges confronting Nigerians, the Vice President noted that “the best way out of where we are today is to have a massive plan for investment because that is really how to create opportunities for jobs, which is what we are hoping to achieve with the Economic Sustainability Plan, creating opportunities through the solar investments with 5 million connections, the Farms for Jobs Project and the Social Housing Scheme.”

The Vice President then reiterated that the welfare of the people and the progress of the country has always been and will remain the priority of the APC and the Buhari administration.

Earlier in his remark, former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, said the visit was to identify with and support the cause of Prof. Osinbajo whom he described as “intelligent, hardworking, articulate” and a very proud son of the Southwest region.

His words: “we want to let you know that you are appreciated, we are proud of you and the work that you are doing, we know it is not an easy job. We also want to let you know that we want to join you in nation-building, if there is anything, any assignment you want us to undertake, we are at your service, that is why we are here.”

Former Governor Daniel who is now an APC member led the Imodoye delegation which included some other new entrants into the party.
He said having joined the party he has visited the President, Governors, and other leaders including Chief Bisi Akande.

With him yesterday at the VP's office were Mr Dare Babarinsa, a veteran journalist; and Otunba Opeyemi Agbaje, a policy analyst. Others were, Mr Ayodele Olaoye, Mr Kole Omololu, Mr. Kole Abe, Mr Deola Sosanwo, Mr Steve Oliyide, Mr John Obafemi and Mr Demola Folarin.

Laolu Akande
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity
Office of the Vice President
6th May 2021

Baawaa:
This ogidi ole that called himself ogidi omo

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I know of a man who understand the Nigeria problem .
Someone who can hear the voice of the masses.
Someone whose is ready to pilot the affairs of this nation and that man is Prof.Yemi Osinbajo