Nigeria needs Buhari now, says Osinbajo
Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday said that Nigeria currently
needs President Muhammadu Buhari at the helm of affairs as a honest,
straightforward and with a genuine heart.
He spoke during a courtesy visit by a delegation from the Deeper
Christian Life Church, led by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi at the Presidential
Villa, Abuja.
Even as some people have noted that President Buhari is strict
because of his forthrightness, he said he is the kind of leader the
country needs now.
He stressed that he is a president who will not cut deals and who is only interested in moving Nigeria forward.
In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and
Publicity, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo said: “We are very happy that we have a
President who is honest, a President who is straight forward, a
President who is operating from the genuineness of his heart, this is
the kind of leader that we need now,”
He also said that he has worked together very well with the President.
Acknowledging the current economic situation in the country, the Vice
President said that the current administration did not create the
problems.
He said: “The reason (we are here at this time,) is known to the Lord
Himself. Everyday I wake up knowing there is a cause for being here and
it is to move the country forward.”
Osinbajo told Pastor William Kumuyi that the clean-up of Ogoni and the Niger Delta is very important.
He said: “The situation is very bad, I have been in the area a few
times, but we need peace in the area to be able to carry on with the
clean-up exercise.”
He also said the clean-up exercise will take decades but with the
phased implementation people can gradually return to fishing and
farming.
On the power sector, he noted that by February this year, the country
was doing 5000MW of electricity for the first time in history, and that
the militants’ attacks on the pipelines have made things bad not only
regarding electricity, but also cutting the oil revenues of the nation.
He however assured that government is working diligently on effective solutions to those challenges.
He was clear that God has a purpose for choosing the President and
himself to serve at this time, saying “this is the doing of the Lord.”
The Vice President thanked Pastor Kumuyi for coming, noting that “your visit is a wonderful gift.”
Speaking earlier, Pastor Kumuyi said he is in the Federal Capital
Territory for a crusade and thought to pay a visit to the Vice
President.
He thanked God for the progress made so far by the Administration,
adding that “God will fulfill the purpose for which He brought you at a
time like this.”
While inviting the Vice President to the crusade, Pastor Kumuyi
pledged his contributions and prayers for the Buhari administration, and
also for the progress of the country.
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