Osinbajo To Act As President For 10 Days- Buhari

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8xo7RXKOIX5G6B7_Rvet5-xJ_C9gPFM22dxCL8WIrs6hBfjgi7Zu1Wb25Bi7bg6-sUjJ62PNmEg6OgeDPpVKHnr0vytyjcKPWoIxNMkt5LfyhyaP9XIGE-rqFD4sk1plfqw-RXroa2ow/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8xo7RXKOIX5G6B7_Rvet5-xJ_C9gPFM22dxCL8WIrs6hBfjgi7Zu1Wb25Bi7bg6-sUjJ62PNmEg6OgeDPpVKHnr0vytyjcKPWoIxNMkt5LfyhyaP9XIGE-rqFD4sk1plfqw-RXroa2ow/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said he has transmitted a letter to the National Assembly intimating the federal lawmakers of his 10-day vacation starting today.<br/> <br/> Buhari disclosed this while speaking to journalists at the Nnamdi Azikwe International, Abuja shortly before leaving for London where he is expected to attend to his ill-health. With the letter to the National Assembly, Vice- President Yemi Osinbajo is expected to act as President for the period Buhari will be away.</div>

Osinbajo To Act As President For 10 Days- Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said he has transmitted a letter to the National Assembly intimating the federal lawmakers of his 10-da...

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Osinbajo Leaves Ogoniland As Wike Shows APC Love - Photos

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBH682sXXE7l26vJAJRSD2yQRoSYfejpEsn4sMdWGq1lA71w-vW6ZWIb_SujiIJP1ZiLczDxczDTvsbgAZCrPW1FEIChEvSuBGt048nCM77JOvAj__X8s7W6cJjxN8i67xxHcia2cMtLxP/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBH682sXXE7l26vJAJRSD2yQRoSYfejpEsn4sMdWGq1lA71w-vW6ZWIb_SujiIJP1ZiLczDxczDTvsbgAZCrPW1FEIChEvSuBGt048nCM77JOvAj__X8s7W6cJjxN8i67xxHcia2cMtLxP/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike receives Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Port Harcourt International Airport during his visit to the state to flag off the implementation of the UNEP Report for the clean-up of Ogoni land , see more photos as the VP Yemi Osinbajo Leaves Ogoniland below.<br/> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBuLbyuc5Bf9t4xLLp2CGfyP5oRZ0KjB5E8uG_7_XL9wBtP5aPGbTcIZuT0GLf4R9rTFIrbZFIbmVHuRQn6FTydRThfxYK_5MP8hRqxU1JYkuOgTQm8GLFnlcEYf6qtLtIJPdQCZlpD4cY/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBuLbyuc5Bf9t4xLLp2CGfyP5oRZ0KjB5E8uG_7_XL9wBtP5aPGbTcIZuT0GLf4R9rTFIrbZFIbmVHuRQn6FTydRThfxYK_5MP8hRqxU1JYkuOgTQm8GLFnlcEYf6qtLtIJPdQCZlpD4cY/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a><br/> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6czDJaVrLeHtITzlIVbnyndchQAB0pHrgr25l4VptivdLN-_oWEvXvgta-owK0ffeaXB4RnkMtH91AsIuZ1qZ5-g6KM5MkHqEySQaH2Mz9Eky1KJWJY-S2l6z5qpMkjnud62dFaDPmF-2/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6czDJaVrLeHtITzlIVbnyndchQAB0pHrgr25l4VptivdLN-_oWEvXvgta-owK0ffeaXB4RnkMtH91AsIuZ1qZ5-g6KM5MkHqEySQaH2Mz9Eky1KJWJY-S2l6z5qpMkjnud62dFaDPmF-2/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a><br/> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_DIsMVfpQBp3JRlNj7u_iE8F1WRjXOsvRcpI1ZmSFajUVK4K3bPlM1QHJqLbK6ExRr5IidZMW-l_H7bnZzBpYY8ceEqPMrfLALMVzCT0pYrxV_2ElapAd3k9MvgZmYijyYaXkiW6T-VLx/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_DIsMVfpQBp3JRlNj7u_iE8F1WRjXOsvRcpI1ZmSFajUVK4K3bPlM1QHJqLbK6ExRr5IidZMW-l_H7bnZzBpYY8ceEqPMrfLALMVzCT0pYrxV_2ElapAd3k9MvgZmYijyYaXkiW6T-VLx/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a></div>

Osinbajo Leaves Ogoniland As Wike Shows APC Love - Photos

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike receives Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Port Harcourt International Airport during his visit ...

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We’ll change Nigeria for the better–Osinbajo

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0nsetBBsHQfXb1kB6PJ_xc4JAraD45-trMlNSQuVTFY1BBPjTd88t8yUibRwBvEOO2fJZVNnzwZuV9eluJwQjACLmQ1bgHyTHkXZDAovl0udXocTyCLfFI2LsXF2dsUm58LSHyIgzDaLE/s2560/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0nsetBBsHQfXb1kB6PJ_xc4JAraD45-trMlNSQuVTFY1BBPjTd88t8yUibRwBvEOO2fJZVNnzwZuV9eluJwQjACLmQ1bgHyTHkXZDAovl0udXocTyCLfFI2LsXF2dsUm58LSHyIgzDaLE/s640/%25255BUNSET%25255D.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a>Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday reassured Nigerians that the question of Change in the country was irrevocable and the present administration was completely committed to it.<br/> He spoke at a town hall meeting organised in Lagos by a group, United Action for Change, urging Nigerians never to lose hope.<br/> The VP re-emphasised that the Buhari-led administration was committed to changing the nation for the better.<br/> Osinbajo said that change was not a mere slogan as the country could not survive going the way it had always gone.<br/> “The question of Change is irrevocable,’’ he said, assuring Nigerians that things, though difficult, would be better.<br/> “I know that Nigerians are going through a very difficult time, so does the President. There is the power problem, there is fuel scarcity, even inflation, oh yes, but these are birth pains.<br/> “You can be sure this is not going to be the end of the story; as a matter of fact, the end of the story is going to be a story of prosperity and abundance for the nation,’’ he said.<br/> Vice President Osinbajo said that there was a determination by the government to ensure that the country changes its direction and the best chance to do so successfully was with a honest and straightforward leader like President Buhari.<br/> He said that the present leadership of the country had no other agenda than to change the country for the better.<br/> “We have no other agenda .You can look at our balance sheets after our tenure and you will find that we have not enriched ourselves,’’ he said.<br/> The Vice President, who answered 20 questions put to him by the audience, said that the government was working to end the problem of recurrent fuel scarcity in the country.<br/> He said that the government was among other things, asking or co-location of refineries by the private sector and some investors were already showing interest.<br/> Osinbajo also said that the government was also committed to the health insurance scheme the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaigned about during its electioneering.<br/> “We intend, by the end of our administration, to have a complete coverage,’’ he said,<br/> Osinbajo said that the N500bn social protection fund would revolutionalise the nation’s social security scheme.<br/> He said that Nigeria’s economy was already diversified and the government only needed to encourage each of the sectors to stimulate growth and make them bring in more revenue.<br/> The VP also told the gathering that the government believed that the most effective way to move goods and people from one point to another was through rail and one of its biggest projects was in the area of railways.<br/> He blamed the present power problems in the country on vandalism among other problems and promised that the government was addressing the problems to make things better.<br/> Earlier, Dr Muiz Banire, (SAN) and the APC National Legal Adviser as well as the convener of the meeting, said it was a feedback forum to enable the government to know where the shoes were pinching the people.<br/> “We engage in mass education of the public and the essence of this maiden town-hall meeting is to establish contact between the government and the people,’’ he said.<br/> Banire, also a former Commissioner in Lagos State under former Governors Bola Tinubu and Babatunde Fashola, said that the group comprised people from all walks of life. (NAN)</div>

We’ll change Nigeria for the better–Osinbajo

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We are planning for Nigeria’s poor in 2016 budget — VP Osinbajo

<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pe9z2o-vAqg/VjPlw3GDfoI/AAAAAAAAF20/6R1zdTWQ4tQ/s2560/1446241728767.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pe9z2o-vAqg/VjPlw3GDfoI/AAAAAAAAF20/6R1zdTWQ4tQ/s350/1446241728767.jpeg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/></a><br/> The Buhari administration is working out how to ensure that government’s planning and budgeting for 2016 caters for the vast majority of Nigerians especially the over 110 million extremely poor, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said.<br/> Mr. Osinbajo made the comment Friday in Abuja while meeting with a delegation from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation who paid him a courtesy call in his office, a statement by his spokesperson, Laolu Akande said.<br/> According to the Vice President, the Buhari administration enjoyed the electoral support of many poor Nigerians who invested their hope in the new government.<br/> He added that the Buhari presidency would deliver on its promises including the social investment programmes such as the Conditional Cash Transfer and the School Feeding Plan.<br/> The vice president, according to Mr. Akande, also received the Ambassador of South Korea, Noh Kyu-duk.<br/> The duo discussed how Nigeria and South Korea could deepen their diplomatic relationships, especially in the area of economic cooperation.<br/> q<br/> The delegation from the Gates Foundation was led by Dr. Mairo Mandara, the Country Representative in Nigeria, Mr. Akande said.</div>

We are planning for Nigeria’s poor in 2016 budget — VP Osinbajo

The Buhari administration is working out how to ensure that government’s planning and budgeting for 2016 caters for the vast majority of Ni...

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