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Cashless policy will curb illicit election financing in Nigeria, says Osinbajo

Our reporter| Cashless policy, when effectively operated in Nigeria, can help stem the surge of illicit election financing, vice-president Yemi Osinbajo has said. According to a statement by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, Osinbo stated this on Monday when he received a delegation of the EU election observation mission led by Barry. The vice president reasoned that an effective cashless policy will…

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Nigeria working on climate finance, projects – Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that the Federal Government would be working on issues of climate finance, specific projects that will advance the 2060 Net-Zero target of Nigeria and exploring the possibility of electric vehicles in the country.

He further explained that some of the goals of the Federal Government in pursuing a just energy transition agenda is seeking among other issues, adequate climate finance especially through the African Carbon Market Initiative (ACMI).

In a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity Office of the Vice President, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo spoke while receiving a delegation from the US-based Rocky Mountain Institute, an international think-tank involved with the issue of energy transition for the last 40 years.

He had earlier in the day virtually participated in a progress meeting of the international African Carbon Market Initiative Steering Committee where the progress of the plans on broadening the market in Nigeria and Africa had been reviewed.

According to the VP: “We will be considering the decommissioning of generators, development of cooking stoves, think through options such as electric cars; is it the right time? What about charging stations? These are some of the things we have to start thinking about.”

CEO of Rocky Mountain Institute, Jon Creyts expressed readiness to partner with Nigeria on the Federal Government’s Energy Transition Plan since this was a commitment that is shared by the institute as well.

“We share the commitment with Nigeria to get to Net-Zero in 2060 and build a prosperous economy in the process,” Creyts said, while explaining that the institute had worked on similar issues with China, India, Indonesia and altogether 62 countries around the world.

At the meeting of the ACMI, the Steering Committee noted that it plans to attain $1 billion in total commitments by buyers before COP28 later this year.

Besides the Vice President, the members of the ACMI include former President of Colombia, Ivan Duque Marquez; representatives of the United Nations, Rockefeller Foundation and the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, (GEAPP) among others.

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Nigeria's Transition to Clean Energy: A 1GW Solar PV Plant Illuminating Nigeria's Renewable Future

In the midst of Nigeria's sun-drenched landscapes, a silent revolution is unfolding—a colossal 1GW solar PV plant, standing as a symbol of sustainable energy transformation. The blog post explores the enchantment behind this technological marvel.

Nigeria’s expansive landscape, bathed in abundant sunshine, holds the key to a transformative energy narrative. Imagine a vast solar photovoltaic (PV) plant, not a mirage of shimmering heat, but a technological marvel – a 1GW behemoth poised to electrify millions of Nigerian homes. This isn’t a futuristic vision; it’s the tangible potential of a project that promises to revolutionize the nation’s…

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Osinbajo faults new naira notes policy

Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has faulted the implementation of the currency redesign policy of the federal government and lamented the hardship it has caused residents of the West African country. Mr Osinbajo expressed his view in Abuja Friday at a meeting with players in the financial technology (FinTech) space, his spokesperson, Laolu Akande, said in a statement. “You need cash to…

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Why Tinubu is not right for Nigeria now — Babafemi Ojudu

Why Tinubu is not right for Nigeria now — Babafemi Ojudu Speaking as a guest on Edmund Obilo’s State Affairs podcast on Monday, Ojudu, who previously served in the office of former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, expressed his belief that Nigeria would have been better served under Osinbajo’s leadership. “This country would have gone places with him if he had the opportunity, but it didn’t happen,”…

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Teacher Turned Pure Water Hawker Alleges Ex-VP Osinbajo’s School Of Owing Her Pension

..Accuses RCCG Pastor Of Sacking Her, Others For Cronies A mother of two, who simply identified herself as Olaleye Folake has appealed to the former Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo to look into the issue of her unpaid pension at Liberty School, Ajah Lagos. The woman who joined protesters in Lagos said she once worked as a teacher at the school, alleging that she was sacked alongside…

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FEC: Tinubu swears in three more ministers

President Bola Tinubu swore in three additional ministers into his 48-member cabinet at the Presidential Villa Abuja, on Monday. The newly inaugurated ministers are Jamila Bio Ibrahim, Ayodele Olawande and Balarabe Lawal. DAILY POST reports that they took the oath of office at 12:15 pm at the Council Chamber of the State House before the start of the Federal Executive Council meeting which Tinubu is presiding over. This comes nearly two weeks after the Senate cleared the trio after screening on October 4, 2023. On September 17, 2023, President Tinubu nominated Ibrahim and Olawande as Minister of Youth and Minister of State for Youth, respectively. He also requested the Senate to screen Balarabe Lawal as minister from Kaduna. Lawal, who served as secretary to the government under former Governor Nasir El-Rufai, replaced his principal in Tinubu’s cabinet as minister of environment. Ibrahim, 37, hails from Kwara State. She is a medical doctor, politician and development expert and advocate of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Before her recent appointment, she served as the National President of the APC Young Women Forum. Olawande, 34, is a community development expert and youth leader within the All Progressives Congress. Before his nomination, Olawande served as the special adviser on innovation to the former president, Muhammadu Buhari, office of the vice president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. He occupied the role from 2019 to 2023. Before the meeting began, the Council observed a minute’s silence in honour of Mobolaji Ajose-Adeogun, who passed on July 1, 2023. Ajose-Adeogun died at the age of 96. He was appointed the Minister of Federal Capital in 1976 by the Murtala Mohammed military regime and served in the position till 1979. Monday’s meeting is the second since President Tinubu assumed office on May 29, 2023. Read the full article

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Osinbajo departs to Liberia for young leaders’ forum

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on Monday depart Abuja for Monrovia, the Liberian capital, to attend the ‘Emerging Young Leaders Forum’, where he is the special guest of honour.

This is according to a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, titled ‘Osinbajo features today in Monrovia at emerging young leaders’ forum.’

Osinbajo’s one-day visit is at the invitation of his Liberian counterpart, Dr. Jewel Howard-Taylor, who is marking her 60th birthday January 17.

At the forum tagged ‘Conversation with the Vice President and Young People’, Osinbajo and other West African leaders will interact with a selected group of 400 emerging leaders “sharing their growth, struggles, attainment, accomplishments and secrets,” according to information from the Office of the Liberian Vice President.

Afterwards, he will hold bilateral talks with President George Weah of Liberia.

Vice President Osinbajo will be accompanied by the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, Ramatu Aliyu and the Special Adviser to the President on Social Investment, Mariam Uwais.

The VP is expected back in Abuja later on Monday.

This will be Osinbajo’s second trip to Liberia in 11 months.

In February 2022, he represented the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the formal launch of the year-long commemoration of the country’s bicentennial anniversary.

While Osinbajo departs Abuja Monday morning, Buhari is scheduled to leave Abuja for Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital on Monday afternoon.

It will be the fourth time in five months that both leaders are out of the country at the same time.

Both principal officers have so far embarked on over 125 foreign trips, visiting at least 66 countries during their tenure.

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By • Olalekan Fagbade JUST IN; Why I accepted to work with President Tinubu- FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has disclosed the reason why he accepted to work as a Minister under the administration of President Bola Tinubu. Wike noted that President Tinubu has the capacity and political will to direct affairs of the country. Wike, who speaking at a briefing on Friday, said leadership is one of the problems confronting Nigeria. According to him: “One of the reasons I accepted to work with Mr. President is because [of] capacity and the political will to do those things that people are afraid of doing. “One of the problems in this country is leadership, so many people don’t want to take action. There is no action that you take that everybody will be [happy]” Read Also: FG raises N652bn from Sukuk bond The minister said upon assuming office, he discovered that a law establishing a civil service commission for the FCT had been enacted but remained unimplemented. He then brought this to Tinubu’s attention, and Tinubu approved its initiation. “In 2018, the national assembly passed a bill into law which was assented by the former Vice-President Osinbajo when he was acting as the president. [The law says] FCT should have a civil service commission. Everybody has been running away. “Nobody wants to [implement it]. Nobody has the political will to implement it. Everybody is saying ‘if I’m the head of service, it will reduce my power’. No. It is about the institution. The president will come and go. “The minister will come and go, so also the head of service will come and go. If the national assembly passes a bill into law which is assented by Mr President, what is wrong in implementing that law?” #WhyIacceptedtoworkwithPresidentTinububyWike

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Osinbajo departs Nigeria

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Elon Musk removes Twitter verification badge from Osinbajo’s account hours after leaving office as Nigeria’s VP [Photos]

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Twitter Removes Osinbajo’s Verification Tag Written by Kelechi Ofor

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Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Praises Country’s Fledgling Animation Industry At ‘Gammy And The Living Things’ Premiere

'Gammy' combines traditional Nigerian storytelling, music, and art with a pan-African cast and a universal story about following your dreams. from Cartoon Brew https://ift.tt/YMIsWi7

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Reshuffle cabinet, lawyer tells Ondo acting gov

An Ondo State-based legal practitioner, Mr Allen Sowore, has advised the state Acting Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, to use the power conferred on him by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to reshuffle the state cabinet. Akeredolu transmitted the power to Aiyedatiwa to act as the governor while he (Akeredolu) proceeded on medical leave to attend to his ill health outside the country. But it was gathered that there was internal rancor within the state cabinet following the absence of the governor. Sowore, in a statement issued on Friday, frowned at the activities of some members of Akeredolu’s cabinet, whom he described as a ‘cabal’, saying they were allegedly frustrating the acting governor from performing his duties as stated in the constitution. the statement was titled ‘Akeredolu’s medical leave: before Ondo State skid into full anarchy and mobocracy’. Quoting Section 190 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), the lawyer said, “Whenever the governor transmits to the Speaker of the House of Assembly a written declaration that he is proceeding on vacation or that he is otherwise unable to discharge the functions of his office until he transmits to the Speaker of the House of Assembly a written declaration to the contrary such functions shall be discharged by the deputy governor as acting governor.” “But sadly, with a deep sense of patriotism, we regret to note the satanic activities of some members of the ‘Ondo State Cabal’ to sabotage and subvert the acting governor’s effort to assume the full and smooth running of government and its machinery while Mr Governor is away as stipulated by law. “They don’t want the Aiyedatiwa to feature, attend or even appear at any serious state function outside the state. They want to cage him so that he will not have a national connection and recognition as the acting governor. “The surreptitious sponsored blackmails to smear and besmirch the reputation of the acting governor in some sections of the media should not be allowed a breath in a sane society. Not even a state prided as the intellectual plinth of South Western Nigeria.” “I will not advise or counsel the acting governor to sack or terminate the appointment of any public office holder in the state like the then Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo did to the former Director General of State Security Service, Lawal Daura. He will be playing at the gallery. “Appropriately, a cabinet reshuffle and rejig of the state cabinet may be desirable to ensure the requisite unity of command in the instant circumstance. As critical stakeholders, we simply can not afford to look away while the state skid into full anarchy and mobocracy.” Read the full article

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Forget the paparazzi’s show, Osinbajo’s achievements far-reaching

Maybe you have come across some comments that the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has the best media team, or goes around with an engaging visual team of photographers and videographers, there is more to that.

At times, some people can get carried away and begin to either misconstrue or deliberately twist the essence of the media publicity done for government officials, forgetting it is needful as a global standard practice to carry the general public along in their day-to-day activities.

For Osinbajo, most especially, perhaps for the finesses he has added to public relations, he has attracted a lot of admirers, among whom are those who love to drag him on social media like this Twitter user, who via her handle @Nkemchor_, though applauded Osinbajo’s social media pictures as being “really clear,” the commenter, however, slammed him, saying, “his photographer really did more work than him and his principal combined.”

Same for one Saliu Teslim tweeting via @tesloyaa, saying: “Be like say nah Netflix give Osinbajo him media team.. Cos!!!”

Or what can one say to this Twitter user? One A. Onafuye, who said in his post: “I feel like Yemi Osinbajo and his photographer do rehearsals. He always knows exactly how to pose without posing and where to stand.”

There are other soft comments like such tweets by @ManLikeIcey, saying: “Osinbajo has the best media team ever among government officials.”

Or a similar comment from another user identified as Femi Adebimpe, who way back in 2019 tweeted via @femiadebimpe, submitting that: “Professor Yemi Osinbajo has acquired a crack team for his media. I am really impressed with the choices of professionals brought on board.” It was another applause for the media team.

Even, a Facebook user, Ugo Egbujo, recently published a piece on his wall, where he applauded Osinbajo’s team, contending that the VP had taken things to a new level.

He said: “I think Osinbajo should lend his campaign team to Asiwaju. He took things to a new level. And I believe that even in small things country should pursue finesse. The Osinbajo team had class. Their expertise shouldn’t go redundant.”

That is the extent to which some throw punches or banters at VP Osinbajo, only for seeing the good photos and videos of his activities often promptly released by his efficient media team. Even, some critics have reacted by calling Osinbajo “best consoler in chief” and all such sorts, on occasions he goes out visiting troubled Nigerians. There are similar comments made via Instagram too, and other web communities.

Yet, no one has ever either given a substantial reason why the learned Professor’s media team shouldn’t churn out VP Osinbajo’s best photos, or mentioned why they shouldn’t showcase his activities and popularise his verifiable achievements in office, which is a normal thing to do for a public servant of his calibre all over the world.

Nevertheless, I think it is reasonable to say that the erudite Professor has a Grade A media team and all that. But that is because of what he represents in real terms.

It also appears that those attempts to reduce his place by focusing on the beautiful art of the photos or the efficiency of his publicists cannot stand nor withstand any serious inquiry into what the VP represents to Nigeria and Nigerians, because the VP’s contributions are far too impactful.

For instance, it is worthy of note to emphasise that Prof Osinbajo has redefined the Office of the Vice President such that people will no longer accept the excuse that a VP is only a spare, and while there are still fundamentals limitations to what a great VP can do, Osinbajo has shown that a VP can do better than warm the seats at the Presidential Villa.

Evidently, in Nigeria of today, Osinbajo’s profundity has proven defenders of mediocrity wrong as he has shown that leadership is all about taking up the initiative with the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas and to use the platform given for the general good of the populace. These, exactly, are what Osinbajo has done in government, turning his enterprise into creating a welfare state under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari.

It was for this sincerity of purpose and level-headedness, that Osinbajo quickly earned the respect of his boss, President Buhari, who at a time described him as “a reliable and dedicated deputy who is not only admirably competent but also exudes confidence and passion in the performance of his job; a cool-headed gentleman who puts the interest of Nigeria above other narrow considerations.”

Buhari went further to say that “Vice President Osinbajo is an incredibly patient politician who demonstrates remarkable intellectual and mental energy in the discharge of his duties. I’m proud to have selected him as my running mate, and he has given a good account of himself since our journey began in 2015.

The President showing great confidence in his deputy proudly applauded his “remarkable and mental energy” whose brain power has led to several achievements under the Buhari-led administration. He is a good team player. Let’s also salute Buhari who created a platform for his industrious VP to shine. This, on its own defined Buhari as a superman, since the stylemark of good leadership is when a leader is happy to raise a partner “greater than” him.

It is now not a surprise that Osinbajo is more relevant as a Vice President, that on three occasions, his boss was pleased to hand over power to him as the Acting President, a position which none of his predecessors in this 23-year-old democracy has ever occupied.

Every Nigerian VP is the head of the National Economic Council (NEC) as established by the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as amended; Section 153(1) and Paragraphs 18 & 19 of Part I of the Third Schedule, and in this delegated one too, he did very well. Let’s see.

How he combined this role with being an Acting President is still memorable to Nigerians who still refer to his three-month reign in power as the Acting President as part of their best days under the Buhari-led administration to date.

At that time, one significant thing he did presiding over a particular NEC meeting was to issue a directive to the CBN to review its foreign exchange policy that weakened the national currency, after which $500 million was released to the banks forcing dollars to crash, 24 hours after, stabilising the exchange rate at N450 from N525.

It was during this period that Osinbajo declared open the Agenda for Consultative Forum on Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, where he told the forum that the nation was in a very serious economic situation, but assured that the government remained committed to putting the economy on the path to sustainable growth, which was done.

Similarly, it was his love and passion for the poor and interest in giving them a better life that prompted him as the VP to initiate what is known today to be the largest social investment programme in Africa, the Economic Sustainability Programme (ESP) that cater to the need of the generality of Nigerians ravaged by the scourge of Covid-19 between 2019 and 2020.

With the ESP project, coordinating a Council comprising 36 state governors, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and other co-opted government officials, Osinbajo reshaped Nigeria’s economy in a way that, within a short period after the country’s economy entered into recession consequent upon the Covid-19 lockdown, among others reasons, it speedily came out of it in 2020. Besides, the MDAs report indicated that over two million jobs were either saved or created so far with the ESP.

So, beyond the paparazzi’s shows, his critics often refer to as if he likes to be in the news, he just can’t stay off because his works are showcasing him. No wonder, a former Zamfara State Governor and immediate Past Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Dr Abdulaziz Yari, in his recent applause for Osinbajo’s leadership said: “In the past, we know how NEC was handled, but the VP handled it professionally and not partisan, all governors were given equal rights. We thank you for that leadership.”

We also need to commend the VP’s A-list media handlers, led by a former newsman and world-class editor, who is cerebral as his principal. We can’t see less of what the VP does as a public servant having someone like that as his media manager.

This twosome is a winner any day, any time. So, it is a matter of naysaying or mere cyberbullying of a gentleman in power, relegating his works, when, even the sitting Vice President of the United States heard of his achievements as he recently had an audience with her in the White House, told Osinbajo: “You have been so terrific. Your seriousness, purpose and your knowledge, and you have really been trying to pull people together which is great and I admire that.

Truly, Osinbajo has been so terrific!

But come to think of it, fine photographs and videos refresh the soul, feel good looking at them, they are like therapeutic diets which can only do one good. Osinbajo is a cheerleader of every do-gooder, you too can be a social reformer, that is one message those artistic works portray.

Be positive in appreciating excellence, Osinbajo’s contributions to nation-building are crystal clear, let no one be misled about the place and person of our Star Boy so far. He is a good and great leader.

• Gesinde, an award-winning journalist, is a political scientist and public affairs analyst.