Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has made it clear that he is seeking for a place in Adamawa, North East of Nigeria to make a home where he would be spending weekeneds long after he leaves office.
The Vice President who was conferred with a traditional chieftaincy title of Jagaba of Adamawa by the Lamido of Adamwa when he was there today to commission some projects, said that though he had been in that state three times.
“Now that l am the Jagaban of Adamawa State. l intend to get myself a small place here to live so that every once in a while, l can come and spend my weekend and holiday here in Adamawa State.”
He told the people of the state that the Federal Government had since began to implement its innovation and technology initiatives with the establishment of hubs in each of the six geo-political zones, even as he announced that Adamawa State would host the innovation hub for the North-East region.
“The Federal Government’s proposed innovation hub for the North-East will be here in Adamawa State in partnership with the American University and other institutions.
“The first step will be a mega-fund working with the ICRC Global Innovation Team which will give an opportunity to the internally displaced persons to become active part of the process to provide solution to the problem they face everyday using technology. This will give Nigeria an opportunity to work with international organizations to export innovative humanitarian solutions to other parts of the world.
“But we are here today at the Faro junction to commission this state-of-the-art road network and this again is one of the major demonstrations of the excellent works the governor has been doing and I am exceptionally pleased to be associated with the success he has made in a very short time.” [myad]
