Formal Presidential Declaration: 10 promises VP Osinbajo made to Nigerians

Formal Presidential Declaration: 10 promises VP Osinbajo made to Nigerians

Story from Ademola ADEBAYO, Abuja

Nigeria’s Vice President (VP) Professor Yemi Osinbajo early this morning formally declared his intention to run for the office as the President in the 2023 general election.

In a low key declaration on Monday, Osinbajo in an early morning broadcast on Channels Television revealed that he will be contesting for the exalted position on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

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During his declaration speech, the VP made 10 significant promises to Nigerians if given the opportunity to rule the country.

Below are the promises VP Osinbajo made to Nigerians:

1. Excellent business environment: “Providing an excellent environment for businesses to thrive.”
2. Agriculture: “Taking the agriculture revolution to the next level especially mechanization and developing the farm to table value chain.”
3. Regulations: “Making sure that the government, its agencies and regulators serve the business community.”
4. Technology: “creating a tech economy that will provide jobs for millions.”
5. SIP: “Enhancing our Social Investment Programme (SIP) to a full-scale social welfare scheme.”
6. Poverty: “Completing the promise of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty within this decade.”
7. Education: “Completing the task of ensuring that all Nigerians, male and female, attend school and reforming our educational system for relevance to the challenges of this century.”
8. Health: “Completing the task of universal health coverage for all.”
9. Governance: “Strengthening the capacity of states and local governments to deliver on their respective mandates.”
10. Ethnicity: “Let us build a Nigeria where the man from Nnewi sees the man in Gusau as his brother, where the woman in Warri sees the woman in Jalingo as her sister, where the love of our nation burns alike in the hearts of boys and girls from Gboko to Yenagoa. Where everywhere in this land is home for everyone, where our diversities, tribes and faiths unite, rather than divide us.”

“Let our tribes become one tribe; the Nigerian tribe, where all are treated fairly, justly and with respect.“