Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has
revealed how he remained a loyalist to his political party even when he did not
get any board appointment for seven years.
Osinbajo said he was without any
other appointment after serving as the Lagos State Attorney-General and
Commissioner of Justice in Lagos State in 2003.
This was contained in a statement
by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of
the Vice-President, Laolu Akande on Thursday.
According to Akande, Osinbajo
said this during a meeting with young aspirants under the All Progressives
Congress at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
“I believe that, in party
politics, we must go beyond positions, whether elective or appointed, but we
must be committed to something, the principles and beliefs of those who are the
forebears of that party,” he said.
The Vice President was the Lagos
State Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice under the Alliance for
Democracy, AD, under the government Bola Tinubu in the state.
Osinbajo said since he left
office as the AG of Lagos State, he remained a member of the party without even
getting a board appointment.
He said, “I strongly believe that
the future of our party depends on people who are committed to seeing that we
build a party that is based on ideals that you and I think are important.
“As a young person, I belonged to
several pressure groups. I graduated at the age of 21. And when I graduated, I
began to participate in various pressure groups, human rights organisations,
and anti-corruption, civil society groups of every kind.
“When political parties started
forming, we could not aspire, but we remained involved. My first involvement in
government was when I was appointed as Attorney General in Lagos State.
“For seven years — after serving
as Lagos Attorney-General — I was part of the party, I did not have a board
appointment or anything, but I kept working for the party.
“I kept working for the party as
a lawyer. Most of those cases we were not paid a dime. But we went from place
to place. Sometimes, we didn’t even have a place to stay when we went to court
the next morning.
“So, there is a measure of paying
the price, it depends on how serious or committed we are to some of the things
we say we are committed to.”
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