An elder-statesman, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule has said that God brought President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo together to “bring the Nigeria of our dreams.”
Maitama Sule who was the former Nigerian Permanent Representative to the United Nations believed that the President and the Vice President have all it takes for them to bring the desired change to the country.
The elder statesman was speaking in Kano today at a reception in honour of the senior special assistant to President Buhari on media and publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu.
Maitama Sule said that the good thing is that even the international community has observed the discipline and integrity of both leaders, adding: “what God has joined together let no man put asunder.”
vice President Osinbajo who was at the reception said that the Buhari administration will continue with its plan for what he called a Conditional Cash Transfer scheme and other social welfare interventions in order to ensure that no one is left behind.
He said that time has come for the government to give real opportunity and hope to the 110 million extremely poor people in the country, adding that the Buhari administration is very clear on what needs to be done.
According to him, some people who truly want good governance insisted that the best way to go about it is to let business work first, then more jobs will be created and the poor will be taken care of.
Professor Osinbajo argued that such should not be the solution as “the poor will all be dead before industry can provide enough to go round.”
He said the answer is that while providing an environment for free enterprise, “government must proactively intervene by way of social protection and enhancement of opportunity for the poor.” [myad]
