Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo
has said that Nigerians will never find him and President Muhammadu Buhari
deceiving Nigerians.
According to Osinbajo, the Buhari
administration was concerned about the plight of ordinary Nigerians and would
continue to carry out programmes that would improve their lives.
Osinbajo said this on Monday when
he appeared on Brekete Family, Reality Radio Talk Magazine programme on Human
Rights Radio, Abuja, where he was featured.
Osinbajo’s speech was forwarded by a Senior Special Assistant to the President, (Office of the
Vice President) Laolu Akande.
He said, “The focus of our
government is on how things can be better for the common man.
“We are not in the business of
trying to deceive Nigerians. You can accuse myself and the President of
anything, but you will never find us deceiving Nigerians.”
While making references to the
Buhari administration’s National Social Investment Programme (N-SIP), the VP
noted that the administration is able to do so much more with less resources.
This he said was possible
because, “The President has ensured that nobody steals money from the treasury.
The major problem Nigeria had before now was the fact that people stole from
the nation’s coffers. Once the country is able to stop corruption, it would be
better.
“The first thing we did was
tackle unemployment by employing young men and women through the N-Power job
scheme, which has so far employed 500,000 young graduates.
“Every state has N-Power, noting
that there are plans to employ more because of the number of graduates. This is
a social safety net for young unemployed Nigerian graduates.
“So far, we have given about
400,000 MarketMoni loans, but the target is to give 1 million loans to artisans
and traders, while TraderMoni loans is a N10,000 interest-free loans to petty
traders, of which 2 million are expected to be reached in the first phase.”
He also highlighted the Federal
Government’s Energizing Economies Initiative, which provides clean, affordable,
and constant power to economic clusters such as big markets and Micro, Small,
and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across Nigeria.
“Last week Friday, the Vice
President commissioned the Sura market Independent Power Project in Sura
shopping complex in Lagos State; a 1.5MW independent mini-grid power supply
system to provide clean and affordable electricity to over 1,000 shops in the
market.
“The Buhari administration’s
Energizing Economies Initiative, which is being implemented by Rural
Electrification Agency (REA), is designed to provide clean, stable and
affordable electricity to Nigerians in these economic clusters. So far,
thousand of shops in Sabon Gari in Kano State, Ariaria market in Aba, Isinkan
market in Akure, Ondo State, Edaiken market in Benin, Edo State, and Sura
market, Lagos, have been provided solar power through the initiative.
“Power is a major problem in
Nigeria and our efforts is to solve this through alternative energy such as
solar power. We are not relying on the national grid alone. We are also
encouraging the private sector to provide power.
“The new strategy of the
government is to put power in different places so as to make life easy for
Nigerians without relying on the national grid. We are still working on the
national grid. This country is very big, that’s why we have to decentralize,”
Prof. Osinbajo said.
Speaking further on the benefits
of the N-SIP, the Vice President assured Nigerians that the Home-Grown School
Feeding Programme was authentic and was a major part of the administration’s
plan to improve lives of Nigerians.
“Currently, it feeds daily over 9
million schoolchildren in public primary schools in 26 states. Also, the
products are sourced from local farmers, which improve local economy,” he said.
Prof. Osinbajo further stated the
administration’s commitment to developing the Niger Delta region and how its
engagement has helped to maintain peace and stability in the region, which has
also improved oil production and the country’s revenue.
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