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Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says there is entirely no need for a new residence for the Vice President as the current one, called Aguda House, is up to standard with enough space and well managed.

The Vice President said this on Friday while responding to questions at the Pastors and Leaders Retreat of the Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju, Lagos.

Osinbajo said the N6 billion already spent on the project was a misapplication of fund but added that with the level of construction already done, it would not be abandoned.

He said the present administration would complete it but consider putting it to other use.

“There is no need for a new Vice President’s house; it is a kind of waste; we are now in a situation where we cannot abandon it; it has to be completed and used for a different thing,’’ he said.

The Vice President also explained the misunderstanding about the State House Medical Centre which he said was not only for workers at the state house.

He said it was a general hospital with a lot of facilities and serving all Nigerians, adding that he would prefer that it be further equipped to provide higher medical services to those in need.

Osinbajo debunked insinuation of lack of data in the country, saying that the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics had enormous which had been rated highly by the World Bank and other international agencies.

He, however, said that the country had yet to have adequate data.

He added that the intention of government was to aggregate the scattered data in INEC, CBN, National Population Census Commission into one by the National Identity Card Management Commission.

He also said the education sector lacked not only standards but adequacy of institutions which led to Nigerians sponsoring their children abroad for tertiary education.

He explained that while 1.8 million Nigerians sat for university entrance examination yearly, only about 300,000 were offered admission due to dearth of universities.

He said the government was planning to convert many of the existing universities into centres of excellence and support the private sector in the running of universities to enable more Nigerians to have access to tertiary education.

He said infrastructure development was key in the administration which informed the voting of 30 per cent of the 2016 appropriation to capital projects.

Osinbajo added that the Ministry of Industry had 18 months mandate to improve the ease of doing business.

He, however, said the Bank of Industry was collaborating with other financial institutions to bring down the interest rate on loans for small businesses.

The VP said that the judicial system was replete with problems which needed the collaboration of the states and the Federal Government to make it faster and enable more Nigerians to obtain justice.

Before responding to questions, Osinbajo had said that what the country needed was truth and integrity which the Church should spearhead.

“The Church is where the truth is; the Church has the answer to the nation’s problems; one of the problems of our society is integrity,’’ he said.

He explained that the corruption in the country was not caused because a few individuals chose to be corrupt but that the entire system was built around lack of integrity.

Osinbajo said the country would be great again but noted that the foundation for the greatness had to be laid with a lot of pains.

“Unless we tackle graft, we may not be able to achieve something.

“The Federal Government in the past 10 years could not build a single new road, not repairing existing ones alone.

“Now we have a President who will not steal money and who will not allow anybody to steal money,’’ he said.

Osinbajo said the nation lacked the capacity to get things done which was difficult to understand but “with God on our side, our country will set the pace for Africa”.

“Our people are ready to do it and they can do it but they are waiting for the right kind of leadership.

“I know why you are praying for us is that this is a good opportunity to get it right and we don’t want to miss this chance.’’

Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, the leader of the Church, asked Christians to continue to pray for the administration as Nigeria had a great future.

He said the present administration would lead the people to a more prosperous and secure nation.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that earlier, Osinbajo had preached at the burial service for his childhood friend, Bola Omotesho, at the Olive Parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Banana Island, Lagos.

He urged Nigerians to lead good lives to rest in peace as there was actually no peaceful rest for a bad soul in spite of the earthly prayers offered for the soul.

He said the late Omotesho lived lives worthy of emulation and having been born again since 1994 and lived it until he died, God would accept his soul.(NAN)

read more: http://telltimes..nl/2016/02/osinbajo-says-n6bn-spent-on-new-vps.html

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APC without propaganda is incomplete

Mrfahaz:
oh lord here is one of your own hu has tall dream for the country..... lord protect him

Protect him from his LIES or what


https://www.nairaland.com/2958673/osinbajo-gej-yaradua-didnt-build

There has been yearly allocation for the building of vice president's residence & senate president's residence for almost 4years now, is it that they build & destroy or this is one of the unseen (invisible) projects that the past government have been using to gulp huge sums of money stupidly and the allocations for these buildings are always in billions. This government would have done better by carefully studying the budget & scraping those "ghost project allocations" that some clowns have been feeding fat on before presenting to the national Assembly, the lacunas arising from this budget is really embarassing because billions re being thrown to dogs while more important projects get less allocations or do not at all

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers/politics. How a pastor became a liestor because of things of this world marvels me. Even when he seems to be making sense, I no longer take him serious.

The saints in APCshit trying to disown their fraudulently CORRUPT budget after being caught out.
This Vacant Pastor (VP) has upgraded his lying capacity, walahi.




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Every year brings requests for a new house or more renovations taking place in that villa?

So how many houses does 1 vice president need to live in!

Why is the residence still being debated in the budget of Yams? Can't they remove it?


Plzz He should tell us the landlord that owns Aso Rock

God bless our VP and grant him the Wisdom and Understanding Heart to lead us aright. Just two advice for him(VP). 1, There should be no Treaty to allow US Army to come into Nigeria to fight anything. We wanted weapons not Soldiers from the US and Israel, Obama denied us. ISIS is ISWA(bokoharam) and is US. 2, The Presidency should stop the Invasion of the Southern Parts of Nigeria by Hausa/Fulani Herdsmen hooliganism. What they did in the Plateau and are still doing there should not be repeated anywhere in the Southern parts of Nigeria.

Ecoterrorism:
Why is the residence still being debated in the budget of Yams? Can't they remove it?


Plzz He should tell us the landlord that owns Aso Rock

Babe how far? You still want to see my uncle face?

In due time, it will be removed, just have patient ehn. Its a virtue I know you lack.

anonimi:
Protect him from his LIES or what

https://www.nairaland.com/2958673/osinbajo-gej-yaradua-didnt-build

receive sense.....

Osinbajo did not grow from the rank. A mere c ommissioner turned VP he does know when and how to talk. Probably interested in Lai's Job.