The Vice President, Prof. Yemi
Osinbajo, has advised Nigerians to resist the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
from returning to power in 2019, claiming that the motive behind the party’s
desperation to win this year’s election is to loot the country.
Osinbajo said Nigeria’s economy
would have collapsed long ago but for President Muhammadu Buhari’s honesty,
reminding that only a honest and selfless leader can be trusted with the
nation’s wealth.
In spite of the barrage of
attacks by eminent Nigerians and opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) castigating
the Tradermoni policy, Osinbajo described the scheme as “one of the major
policies of President Buhari’s government, because it was centred around the
youths and poor Nigerians”.
The Vice President and the All
Progressives Congress (APC) Vice Presidential candidate in the 2019
presidential polls spoke in Ado Ekiti on Monday during a Roundtable and
Mentorship Programme on Micro, Small and Medium Scale enterprises (MSME) in Ado
Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.
The Tradermoni programme was
disbursed in Ado Ekiti metropolis, Ikere and Omuo Ekiti all in Ekiti State.
The number-two Nigerian also
visited Iworoko Ekiti, where a trailer rammed into market and killed 15 persons
a couple of weeks ago, to commiserate with indigenes of the town.
Osinbajo said Nigerians would be
plunged into another round of embezzlement if the PDP succeeds in wresting
power from President Buhari’s government, which he described as prudent in
terms of financial management.
He said the government will
establish special micro finance banks namely: People’s Money Bank and
Entrepreneurial Bank to drive the Tradermoni and Marketmoni policies, where
beneficiaries will get between N100,000 and N500,000 to establish MSME to drive
the economy.
“Many of our leaders are not
responsible, so Nigeria needs a honest man to lead the people and President
Buhari is doing just that. Don’t allow anybody to deceive you. President Buhari
is a honest man, Our problem in this country is that many of our leaders are
stealing our money, so you must disallow them from coming to power again,” he
said.
He said Ekiti will benefit from
Lagos-Kano railway line that is underway when completed, saying this project
was targeted at strengthening the economy of each of the benefiting states.
“Rather than stealing money,
President Buhari is doing more in strengthening the youths through N-Power,
Tradermoni, School Feeding Programme, Lagos-Kano rail line, Calabar—Asaba-Abuja
Railway line, among others. All these are meant to benefit Nigerian masses.
“As we speak, 500,000 Nigerians
are benefiting from N-Power, but we are not going to stop at that. Soon, the
number will increase.
“The Next Level of our government
is to give loans to women, youths and other sector through the Special banks
that are underway to make lives easy for the masses,” he stated.
Also speaking, the Governor of
Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, urged Nigerians to vote for Buhari’s continuity
if they want good values for their lives in terms of good governance and
prudent management of the
nation’s wealth.
Fayemi said the array of
potentials and creativity of Ekiti have been showcased to the Federal
Government, saying those with special skills shall continue to benefit
patronage from government.
“If you want better values for your
lives, if you need a government that will be compassionate and resourceful,
then vote For
Buhari/Osinbajo in the next
election.
“The good livelihood of Ekiti
people is dear to Buhari’s government and with the APC in the saddle, Ekiti
will continue to enjoy the dividends of democracy.
“In four months that will came
into power, we have paid four salaries and pensions are paid regularly, so you
have seen that we are different to the government of the past,” he said.
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