Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says
President Muhammadu Buhari has ensured that nobody steals from the nation’s
treasury.
In a statement on Monday by Laolu
Akande, senior special assistant to the vice-president on media and publicity,
Osinbajo said the country’s major problem before the current administration
came in was that people were stealing from the treasury.
The vice-president said once the
country is able to stop corruption, it would be better.
He said the focus of the Buhari
administration is to make things better for the common man, adding that himself
and the president cannot deceive Nigerians in any way.
“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 me and the President of anything,
but you will never find us deceiving Nigerians,” the statement read.
“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.
“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 are N10,000 interest-free loans to petty
traders, of which 2 million are expected to be reached in the first phase.”
Osinbajo said the federal
government has also introduced the energizing economies initiative, which has
provided clean, affordable and constant electricity to economic bases like big
markets and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) across Nigeria.
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