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villeblogger:
Rely it won't be easy for us in the next 10years but we pray for God's grace.

That's all you Nigerians know, God's grace. Grace without action amounts to nothing, most of you are too coward to demonstrate and fight your government for better living conditions but you have the energy to fight the authorities for the maltreatment of Nigerians in other countries when you are being maltreated in your own country. If this behaviour is not stupidity then I dont know what to call it. Thank God I am half Ghanaian.

Ok

Good for nothing professor.

You spent for years out of eight years doing rubbish and you are here projecting for ten years out of which you have less than four years.

I wonder how some people reason self.

Very useless criminal minded ex-pastor, ordinary 30k minimum wage una never pay

This man likes to run his mouth and whenever you ask his supporters/defenders why the government he is a part of has done NOTHING in four years they blame Buhari.

Did they not know who Buhari was in 2015?

Comedians

Jobac:
Nigerians have chosen rightly, see forward looking VP having the support of Mr. President. Nigeria is on the right path and I know before the end of this second term, every Nigerian would want APC to continue to govern us unlike the former Yam Eaters. Buhari and Osinbajo are Godsent.

What right path are buhari & osinbajo on? Can buhari & osinbajo account 4d last four years that they saw? If they can't, how can they tell us what will happen in d future which they haven't seen?

Crooked pastor, Nigeria is heading to his Back yard.

Lol

Naija will never get better in the next 50 years.

What do you expect from a country with an SSCE certificate forger as a president while the vice is just a mere commissioner who is a professor ironically

rampantlover:
That's all you Nigerians know, God's grace. Grace without action amounts to nothing, most of you are too coward to demonstrate and fight your government for better living conditions but you have the energy to fight the authorities for the maltreatment of Nigerians in other countries when you are being maltreated in your own country. If this behaviour is not stupidity then I dont know what to call it. Thank God I am half Ghanaian.

They are cowards, waiting for Grace to come and build roads, hospitals, schools and provide water and electricities for them

250 million Fools waiting for just one Grace to come and save them, Ridiculous!

Evil prevail when good men get frightened and afraid to speak up the truth against evil

And your administration is taking us to Next Level? Case closed

Oluwabash:
The Federal Government's vision for Nigeria in the next 10 years and more is to transform the economy into an industrialized one with a strong middle class and a place where the majority of the people are living above the poverty line, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.

Prof. Osinbajo stated this at a Dinner and Interactive Session with some visiting Faculty Members from the Harvard Business School (HBS) led by Prof. Srikant Datar, a Professor of Business Administration, alongside a select group of Nigerian business executives, on Tuesday evening in Lagos.

The Vice President featured alongside Srikant Datar and Mr. Bayo Ogunlesi, a Nigerian Investment banker in the United States of America, in a panel discussion moderated by Mr. Hakeem Belo- Osagie, Chairman of Metis Capital Partners and addressed several issues on power, the economy and climate change, amongst others.

According to the Vice President, “I will like to see Nigeria become an industrialized nation in the next 10 years; with a very strong middle class and most people living above poverty line. Our policies and programmes are directed at achieving this objective."

He said the Federal Government had put in place measures that will kick-start the industrialization drive of the country, citing the example of the creation of Special Economic Zones (SEZ) and small manufacturing clusters across the country as some of the steps taken by government.

He said "practically everything we are doing is to ensure that there is a conducive environment for businesses to thrive.

"The Federal Government is looking at natural economic clusters. We have done a lot of work in five of them, we are looking at 23 others, and we have already set up shared facilities in designated locations to address some of the concerns in production.

"What we plan for the Special Economic Zones is also unique and geared towards that drive to industrialize our economy."

Speaking on efforts to alleviate poverty, the Vice President said it is being addressed by government.

When asked what keeps him up at night, Prof. Osinbajo said it is the problem of “extreme poverty; the issue is that the largest number of those who vote for us are the very poor.

"The promises that government makes to them is that their lives will be better and obviously they are looking at their lives being better in the shortest possible time."

He explained that a number of government policies and programmes were focused on people at the bottom of the pyramid, especially in agriculture and trade, and getting credit facilities to people in order to enable them improve in whatever they are doing.

He said that many farmers had been lifted out of poverty as a result of some of the initiatives, adding nonetheless that the scale needs to be improved.

According to him, "First, the focus of our government was on agriculture which has the potential to take many out of poverty. We are supporting farmers operating through the out-grower programme and our focus is to attain sufficiency in Rice, Sorghum and Millet production.

"A lot of attention has also been given to the Social Investment Programmes (SIPs) which factored the provision of cheap credit to petty traders—at the bottom of the pyramid. We have given out cheap credits through our TraderMoni and MarketMoni initiatives and this has also proven to be largely successful."

On Power, the Vice President said the government is committed to finding lasting solutions to issues militating against the improvements that ought to have been witnessed in the sector.

"The issues are enormous but what we really need to do is to re-write regulations and encourage more people to invest in the sector.

“In the next few months, we will unveil a plan that deals with most of the critical issues in the power sector,’’ he said.

Addressing concerns raised about climate change, Prof Osinbajo said Nigeria would not act differently as "the momentum, globally, is in favour of renewable energy and recycling".

He cited examples of what the Federal Government in partnership with the private sector have so far done, through the solar power programme in selected markets in Kano, Abia and Lagos States as well as the Federal Government Green Bond Initiative.

On improving trade among countries in Africa, the Vice President said Intra-African trade is important and is "the way to go" but that there is the need to address concerns around dumping and protection of local manufacturers, amongst others before the endorsement of any agreements.

Addressing the issue of brain drain and efforts to curb it, the Vice President expressed optimism that the steps being taken by government to improve the business environment in Nigeria will address the menace.

According to him, “As people see that the environment is getting better for business, they will come back, the opportunities for making huge profits are here."

He also noted that Nigeria was open to business as it has a lot of potential and urged Nigerian investors abroad to look homewards.

“If you are going to do business anywhere in Africa, it has to be Nigeria. This is where you have the energy, you have the drive.

“We are already seeing that kind of activity, business people will always be driven by profit," Prof. Osinbajo added.

On his part, Datar said he was particularly proud of Osinbajo as an academic in governance, stressing that academics do well in governance.

He pledged HBS’s readiness in providing needed support for human capital development in Nigeria and proffering solutions to tackling Nigeria’s infrastructure challenge.

Also speaking at the event, Ogunlesi said that the era of depending on government for infrastructure was gone, adding the Federal Government had no business running infrastructure in Nigeria, especially the airports.

In a vote of thanks, Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, regretted the high poverty rate in Nigeria especially in the North West and called for urgent action to address it, advocating for a committee on girl-child education to be set up to address issues surrounding early marriage and family planning.

The event also attracted Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Stuart Symington, immediate past Minister of Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah, immediate past Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma amongst others.

Laolu Akande
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity
Office of the Vice President
19th June 2019

Keneri government...Only to sing. Absolutely nothing happening in reality. Na wait see..we dey.

No where sir

Sometime I wonder why we share the same table of food with Hausas. A proffessor as deputy and a military man without certificate as president? Where have we really gone wrong. Osibanjo should have been the best mechanic to repair this faulty vehicle call Nigeria but reverse is the case here.

We are heading to the point of no return. Useless govt

This’s a failed country , the 4000MW is a scam. They are just paying lip service to power because they want to sell their PMS. Look at the rate Generators are been imported so that they can sell their PMS and Oil so to spend it on white elephant project. A country that will raise a statutory instrument to stop the sale of powered battery cars so that we can sell our PMS to Nigerians when are moving away from it. Nigeria leader is paying billions to explore oil even the most remote places.More Generators, No meters, more buying of Fuel is equal to long term darkness .

Check it out and see it adds up.

these people always have answers to every question, but in reality nothing to show for it.

Lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In 2015, it was strangle and stone us if we did not do anything in 4 years.
In 2019 Elections, it was Buhari has fought Corruption and will now stabilize the economy.
Post 2019 Election: It's now a ten years plan.

MAY the blessings and curse of this Buhari led government affects all those who voted for him.

We need more men like Osinbajo in public office. There is a difference between a leader and a ruler. He is a LEADER in every sense and definition of the word. When he talks, you know he understands what he is saying, not just some prepared speech. truly, like he said and continues to show by his actions, Good Governance is not rocket science.

gypsey:
They are cowards, waiting for Grace to come and build roads, hospitals, schools and provide water and electricities for them

250 million Fools waiting for just one Grace to come and save them, Ridiculous!

And you are from which country again?

Arubajagz:
And you are from which country again?

would you like to know? really?

Jobac:
Nigerians have chosen rightly, see forward looking VP having the support of Mr. President. Nigeria is on the right path and I know before the end of this second term, every Nigerian would want APC to continue to govern us unlike the former Yam Eaters. Buhari and Osinbajo are Godsent.

look ar what this one is saying

Arubajagz:
We need more men like Osinbajo in public office. There is a difference between a leader and a ruler. He is a LEADER in every sense and definition of the word. When he talks, you know he understands what he is saying, not just some prepared speech. truly, like he said and continues to show by his actions, Good Governance is not rocket science.

too bad he is a vice to a complete idiot...


he is a nationalist, not like some others from his own part of Nigeria

yazga:
Prospective corps members on their way to NYSC RIVERS STATE CAMP from Lagos State were abducted and taken to an unknown location on 18th June,2019. One of the PCMs is named NNAJI CHIOMA TECCLA.Please help to forward this message till it gets to the Rivers State NYSC:
08169341381

My brother was involved too..but thank God he escaped ..he said he reported the issue too

APOPTOSIS:
I see DISASTER..
ask me why...??
Thank God, they already know where the country is heading to...
They should keep paying salaries which is what they are fairly good at....

With a POPULATION of 200million people occupying a Land mass of less than 1 million km square, harbouring 87 million poorest people in the world, running on a megawatt of 3000 with no other alternative means.....still transporting crudes for refining in South Africa.....and the home to the most populous corrupt politicians.
With an annual Population Growth Rate of 5 million...we must be MAD...

We already know its destination....

doom doom doom, I see doom, doom doom doom, all I see is doom.