
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says
Nigeria is beginning to “see a
bright light at the end of the
tunnel” in the nation’s economy. Osinbajo said this Thursday in
Jimeta, Adamawa at the
commissioning of several road
projects completed by Governor
Mohammed Umar Jubrilla Bindow.
and attended by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation,
Engr. Also in attendance were the
Secretary to the Government of the
Federation, Engr. Babachir Lawal
and the Minister of the FCT
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on the economy Osinbajo said, “I am very pleased
that I am in Adamawa State, the
land of beauty and a State that will
one day become Nigeria’s number
one state! “I bring you very warm greetings
from your great in-law and the
President/Commander-in-Chief of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
President Muhammadu Buhari. “It is an even greater pleasure to
be here also to witness the great
works of my brother, your
governor, Senator Mohammed
Umar Jubrilla Bindow. l see for
myself that change has come to Adamawa and I am pleased to see
also that peace has come even in
places like Madagali, which was
war-torn and several other places. “I am also pleased to witness
peace and love that exists among
the political leaders in Adamawa
State. [#InCaseYouMissedIt:] I’m still looking for members of the Aso
Rock cabal – Osinbajo “His Excellency Wilberforce Juta,
(former Gongola State Governor)
made that point very clear that of
the governor’s very many
achievements, that of being a
bridge-builder and a unifier is perhaps his most important
attribute. “During the campaigns in
2014/2015, the President made it
clear that he had three major
objectives: security, corruption and
economy. We have seen the
successes in security and the fight against corruption and in the
economy we are seeing a bright
light at the end of the tunnel. “A major concern of Mr. President
is the issue of unemployment and
even yesterday he was talking
about what he could do in the
short term to create more
opportunities for the youths. “One of the programmes of our
party and one of the programmes
of government is the N-Power
programme, which has10,000
spaces for young graduates in this
State. l hope that many young graduates would be able to benefit
from this scheme. “There is also the GEEP programme
of Micro-Credit for market women,
artisans, for vocational persons
who have vocational skills. A lot of
the micro-credit is now available
and am sure that in the next couple of months we would be
able to benefit from it in this State. “We started a project with the
International Committee of the
Red Cross, the American University
of Nigeria, Yola, and other
institutions of higher learning on
how we can use technology to solve the humanitarian problems
in the North-East. “The Federal Government’s
proposed innovation hub for the
North-East will be here in
Adamawa State in partnership with
the American University and other
institutions. “The first step will be a mega-fund
working with the ICRC Global
Innovation Team which will give an
opportunity to the internally
displaced persons to become active
part of the process to provide solution to the problem they face
everyday using technology. This
will give Nigeria an opportunity to
work with international
organizations to export innovative
humanitarian solutions to other parts of the world. “But we are here today at the Faro
junction to commission this state-
of-the-art road network and this
again is one of the major
demonstrations of the excellent
works the governor has been doing and I am exceptionally
pleased to be associated with the
success he has made in a very short
time. “As have been said, l have been
here now three times but now that
l am the Jagaban of Adamawa
State, l intend to get myself a small
place here to live so that every
once in a while l can come and spend my weekend and holiday
here in Adamawa State.”
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