The Buhari administration is concerned about the plight of ordinary Nigerians and would continue to carry out programmes that would improve their lives, according to
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has made it clear one thing which Nigerians can be sure of from President Muhammadu Buhari and him is deceiving them by telling lies.
Professor Osinbajo who spoke today, Monday, on Brekete Family, a reality Radio Talk Magazine programme on Human Rights Radio, Abuja, stressed: “the focus of our government is on how things can be better for the common man.
“We are not in the business of trying to deceive Nigerians. You can accuse myself and the President of anything, but you will never find us deceiving Nigerians.”
The Vice President that the administration is able to do so much more with less resources, saying: “the President has ensured that nobody steals money from the treasury. The major problem Nigeria had before now was the fact that people stole from the nation’s coffers. Once the country is able to stop corruption, it would be better.
“The first thing we did was tackle unemployment by employing young men and women through the N-Power job scheme, which has so far employed 500,000 young graduates.”
The paid volunteer programme has a two-year duration, but it has now been extended for a batch.
Professor Osinbajo said: “every state has N-Power, noting that there are plans to employ more because of the number of graduates. This is a social safety net for young unemployed Nigerian graduates.
“So far, we have given about 400,000 MarketMoni loans, but the target is to give 1 million loans to artisans and traders, while TraderMoni loans is a N10,000 interest-free loans to petty traders, of which 2 million are expected to be reached in the first phase.”
He highlighted the Federal Government’s Energizing Economies Initiative, which provides clean, affordable, and constant power to economic clusters such as big markets and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across Nigeria.
