The N500B Social Investment programmes of the Buhari presidency is a
means to energize the economy and deal with issues of poverty in the
country, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.
Speaking today while receiving a delegation of the Muslim Lawyers
Association at the Presidential Villa, Prof. Osinbajo said the social
investment programmes would train people, create jobs, feed school
children from homegrown farming and grant soft loans to traders,
artisans and market women.
“All these are ways and means of energising the economy and deal with
some of the harshest problems like poverty,” says the Vice President
while also adding that despite the current economic conditions in the
country there is great hope.
According to him, “we are here at this time because that is the will of
God to deliver the goods and do the right things for this country. It is
very interesting the situation we find ourselves, but there is great
hope.”
The Vice President said both the president and himself are committed to a
new united Nigeria, populated by a ‘New Tribe’ that would be united
across otherwise divisive lines be it ethnic or religious. He added that
Nigerians must fight corruption which is responsible for the current
situation of things in the country, stressing that if it is not
challenged, corruption would worsen the situation.
He added that as a people “we should never be divided on religion and
ethnicity, everyone is free to practice their own faith. When we come
together as a people we must advance the interest of our nation.”
Earlier the President of the Muslim Lawyers Association, Dr. Kamal
Alhaji Daud praised both the president and the vice president pledging
the association’s support in the fight against corruption and also
prayed for wisdom and strength for the Buhari presidency. The group had
held a lecture entitled Service Above Self, in honour of the Vice
President.
Laolu Akande
Senior Special Assistant-Media & Publicity
Office of the Vice President