Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo was in Houston, the United States of America where he announced that the Presidency is in search of a new tribe of Nigerians to build the country. He said that the new tribe should be made up of men and women of all faiths, tribes and ethnicity, who are committed to a country run on high values of integrity, hard-work, justice and love for the country.
Osinbajo, who spoke at the gala/ dinner event organized by the Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans, CANAN in Houston, said: “this is why the president and myself have made a call that we need a New Tribe of Nigerians. We do need a new tribe of men and women of all faiths, tribes and ethnicity, who are committed to a country run on high values of integrity, hard-work, justice and love for the country.
“I mean a tribe of men and women who are prepared to make the sacrifices and self-constraints that are crucial to building a strong society; who are prepared to stick together, fight corruption side by side, and insist on justice.”
Professor Osinbajo said that the Muhammadu Buhari’s administration takes Diaspora issue very seriously, a reason, according to him that the President appointed a Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora in person of former House of Representative member, Mrs. Abike Daibiri.
He said that there is proposal for a Diaspora Commission, and a Diaspora bond worth N1 trillion for investment purpose by both Nigerians at home and abroad.
Earlier, the President of CANAN, Dr. James Fadel called on Nigerians to engage in prophetic prayers in order to take the country out of its current predicament.
Dr. Fadel asked Nigerian to reject the tendency to be a consuming nation without the desire to also produce, adding that what is needed now is for all and sundry to build trust in God to win the battle against the nation’s opposing forces.
At the event, the Vice President was presented with an honorary congressional proclamation by US Congress woman Sheila Jackson-Lee, who indicated that the US Congress takes Nigeria as a very serious partner, a reason it has given great support to the ongoing fight against Boko Haram.
She said that it is on record that, Nigeria is one of the countries that has its own Caucus among the elected representative in the US Congress, made up of both Democrats and Republicans.
Some Nigerians were honored at the gala night for their achievements in various areas of human endeavors in the US, including Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye, the US-based Nigerian doctor who recently operated on a pregnant American mother who had a tumor growth. Olutoye removed the fetus, operated on the tumor, and returned the fetus. The pregnant woman then completed the pregnancy term and delivered the baby safely. [myad]
