Politics

Mentioning PDP’s name gives me a headache, Osinbajo laments

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5 years ago

February 5, 2019

Vice – President Yemi Osinbajo , on Tuesday, said he hated mentioning the name of the ruling party from which the Buhari administration took over because doing so gives him a headache .He accused the Peoples Democratic Party of neglecting Nigerians’ social welfare during its 16 years of governance at the federal level.

Osinbajo , who spoke at the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign in Ondo State , stated that many of the initiatives of the current government should have been conceived and implemented by the previous administrations .

The Vice President said , “ Don ’ t let us deceive ourselves . What has held our country back for so long is corruption . That is why we say we cannot go back ; all of these things we are doing are things that should have been done long ago.

“ We should have completed the Lagos -Ibadan Expressway by now . But we just started doing it . The ones that were doing it before , I won ’ t mention their names . We don’ t even want to mention their names because it gives us a headache .

“ They said they were doing Lagos – Ibadan but it was all a lie . Budget after budget , they didn ’ t do it . That is what we are doing now . It is the government of Muhammadu Buhari that is doing it now and we will finish it . If you drive on that road , you will see the work we have done . ”

Osinbajo , who is seeking re- election with Buhari , stated that the administration was feeding 9 . 2 million children in 26 states every day with its home – grown school feeding programme , adding that the target was 13 million children in the 36 states .

According to him , the number of eggs consumed weekly is 6 . 8 million , creating more jobs for poultry farmers .

He further noted that the government had partnered with Brazil to acquire equipment , including tractors and rice processors , to encourage the youths to do more farming .

Osinbajo said , “ Everyone who wants to farm or work in food processing will have jobs . It is the issue of jobs that we are most passionate about ; we want everyone to find jobs .

“ The money that we are giving traders and small business owners , TraderMoni , we plan to do more in the next level. What we want to do next is PeopleMoni , so that a tailor , for instance , who wants to borrow money without much interest can go to that bank .

“ A mechanic that wants to borrow money can go there . Artisans can go there . Then there will be the entrepreneur bank for young men and women that want to start their own businesses . All of this we are doing so that we can all go to the next level. ”