OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
PRESS RELEASE

NIGERIA WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH OTHER COUNTRIES TO INCREASE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES - OSINBAJO

The Buhari administration will be happy to work closely with other countries who share similar socio-economic objectives in order to increase economic opportunities and healthcare delivery to citizens, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.

Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Tuesday when he received, on a courtesy visit to the Presidential Villa, Ambassador Dato’ Ku Jaafar Ku Shaari, Secretary General of the D-8 Organisation for Economic Cooperation.

The D-8 top official is in Nigeria as the Health & Social Protection Programme of the group is being established in the country.

According to the Vice President, while addressing the Secretary General “I want to congratulate you on the signing of the partnership agreement for the Health and Social Protection Programme. This is important for us and for all D-8 countries.

“We are all emerging economies, the whole question around health care, human capacity development is crucial for us, and I think it is appropriate that we devote the time and resources like we are currently doing.”

Speaking further on the focal areas of cooperation of the D-8, Prof. Osinbajo said, “We are hopeful that you will succeed in deepening the impact of the focal areas of trade, industry, energy and tourism, in all of our countries. We are happy that, working with the other countries, we can achieve our economic objectives.

“So, we are certainly looking forward to continue to work with the D-8. We are committed to the D-8 and expect that the forthcoming summit will expand the scope of work and deepen the achievements of the D-8.

Earlier in his remark, Ambassador Dato’ Ku Jaafar Ku Shaari who thanked Nigeria for hosting the secretariat of the D-8 Health and Social Protection Programme, said implementing programmes on health and poverty alleviation was key to the agenda of the organization.

He also spoke on the D-8’s forthcoming summit in Bangladesh later in the year where a new road map and plan of action for the actualization of the organization’s targets will be launched.

The D-8 countries include Bangladesh, Egypt, Nigeria, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan and Turkey with a combined population of approximately 1 billion covering an area of 7.6 million square kilometres and, 5% of world land area.

Laolu Akande
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity
Office of the Vice President
21st January, 2020

Hmmm....

With the wisdom and hardword of Osinbajo this country will move from great to greater with foreign investors

Osinbajo has never disappointed us for once, he's a man of vision and very focus in what he does, may God continue to bless and protect him for us. What a leader

Divery:
Hmmm....

Which one come be hmmm, you're surprise right you never expect those great information to come out of the vice president's office. Bad bell

This is a good move as it will bring more investors together and thereby having a great impact in our economy, thanks to Vice president for this motive

World's Best VP, hands down. He always shows excellent grasp of all subject matter. We need more intelligent leaders like this man.

This synergy among the D-8 countries is highly needed at this point in time. As usual the VP is spot on on this issue.

I just wish Osinbajo could be Nigeria president

I hope they are paying attention to the coronavirus outbreak in China? We import almost everything from China thus, this useless government should be taking proactive measures to curb the spread of the virus and not when it arrives here, they start running up and down.

VP like no other!!! We trust you want and will do the best for Nigerians.

The foreign minister of turkey one of the D-8 countries came with a delegation to meet with VP Osinbajo just last week guess some folks needed a Lil insight into today's discussion.

Anything like Osibanjo in Nigeria again

If you do not fix electricity you are only fooling yourselves.

No country was developed by importing generator sets and using them as the mainstay of electricity production.

We trust your bank of wisdom to always deliver

But haven't they've been saying and supposedly doing this crap since 1960? And... what's been the results?

Nonsense!

Story.

Story for the gods..
We shall see
Shall we see

Good one

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Dy wan use am siphon more money.

Anoda one..... NEXT!!!!

With the border closure?

Story story

Bubu will sabotage the effort. We need all Fulanis gone. They have nothing to offer. We must separate from the core North by fire by force.

OK naww.

Let's handle your buying and shipping from USA to Nigeria. Check my signature below for more details.

Yu

D-8??

How come we are in the D-8? Anyway, anything that helps to move the country forward, I support!

It's like this osibanjo get plenty information for head but the cabal has turned him to errand boy distributing trader_moni, our economy under this govt can never get better if you doubt me I bet it with my two balls

Really?

BUT THEY REFUSE TO WORK WITH THEIR CITIZENS