Osinbajo Takes Campaign To Oyo State
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has again, clarified what the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is up to with the TraderMoni, MarketMoni and the N-Power programmes.
This
is as criticisms have taken place in recent times, tagging these
poverty alleviation programmes as forms of dirty politics such as vote
buying, AS Gathered on Eye Of Lagos.
Osinbajo
who was at Oke-Ogun in Oyo State, to urge the people to vote for
President Buhari in next month’s election, said the President needed
another four years to consolidate on his achievements and reposition the
country for excellence.
vice-president spoke on the achievements of the administration during
his visits to Igbeti, Igboho, Kisi and Saki, where he was received by
huge crowds of party members and supporters.
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learnt that Oke-Ogun consists of big agrarian towns and communities.
They are mostly border towns with Republic of Benin and Togo.
Osinbajo
said President Buhari had served the country with fidelity,
forthrightness and sincerity, adding that his programmes were targeted
at the poor.
He said: “All the social investment programmes of the Buhari administration was to empower the common man and the poor.”
At Igbeti, where the vice-president led a street rally, he explained that the TraderMoni, MarketMoni and the N-Power programmes were designed to liberate the masses from poverty.
“The
TraderMoni is to empower the small, small traders, it is not for big
businesses. Those in big businesses have their own, which is called the
MarketMoni. We want to reach every village so that the people here will
also benefit from this government; all of us will be going up, up, up.” he said.
Osinbajo
said the Federal Government will continue to encourage hard work by
assisting artisans with money to enhance their businesses noting that “even those who are not graduates, but can read and write will be given a stipend monthly like those in the N-Power programme.”
Osinbajo who joined the crowd in singing a special campaign song composed in Yoruba, urged the people to vote wisely.
He
said Oke-Ogun voters will benefit from voting credible leaders who use
the nation’s God-given resources for the benefit of the poor.
He said voting for leaders who will steal people’s money and compound their poverty is not a right step in the right direction.
Osinbajo said Nigerians made a good decision by voting for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015, adding that the Buhari administration had achieved more with less resources.
On his visit to the Onigbeti of Igbetiland, Oba Emmanuel Oyekan Oyebisi, Ofasegbejo III, Osinbajo said the government will continue to respect traditional rulers.
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Oyebisi praised the Social Investment Programme of the Buhari
administration, describing it as a people-oriented intervention
programme.
The monarch urged the Federal Government to develop the
mineral resources in his domain, including different types of marble,
for the progress of the community and the country.
Osinbajo
thanked the traditional ruler for the warm reception, assuring him that
his request will be considered, if the president is re-elected.
He described next month’s election as a very decisive to the future of Nigeria, urging the people to be vigilant.
Osinbajo said: “Kabiyesi,
this coming election is for progress; we have already seen it, but if
we are not cautious, we may be drawn back, but God forbid it.”
At
Kisi, the headquarters of Irepo Local Government Area, the vice
president urged the people to stand with the government during the poll.
Osinbajo,
who visited the Bagii of Saki, Chief Abdrasheed Gazali Adegoke, where
he met with traditional rulers in the area, thanked them for maintaining
peace in their communities.
Adegoke, who spoke on behalf of the monarchs, praised Osinbajo for being “a great vice president”, adding that President Buhari deserves a second term because of his impressive achievements.
Also,
in continuation of the “family chats,” Osinbajo visited the families of
Alhaji Ganiyu Akere and Mr. & Mrs Sunday Kolajo, in Saki.
At a
rally in the town, the vice-president spoke on the Social Investment
Programme and the “Next Level” plan of the Buhari administration.
Osinabjo was accompanied by the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, who hails from Oke-Ogun.
Osinbajo
said that the people of Oke-Ogun, who have savoured the dividends of
democracy under the Buhari administration, should continue to keep faith
with the government.
He said the government will grant their request for potable water, roads and power as part of efforts to uplift the rural areas.
Osinbajo
said the people will also benefit from the Trans-border International
Market since Saki shares borders with Republic of Benin and Togo.
At
Sango, Saki, the vice president met with the Hausa community, urging
them to remain committed to President Buhari’s second term ambition.
He assured them of more people-oriented schemes that will boost their trading.
Osinbajo said, “The next level of change is to lift everyone from poverty and provide more infrastructural development.”
A
community leader, Abdulwaheed Lawal, a lawyer, pledged the loyalty of
the community to the cause of the APC, assuring the party that the
people will vote for the President.
Other stop overs by the Vice
president include, the wedding of the son of the Minister of Health,
Prof Isaac Adewole, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Osinbajo
also met with the League of Imams and Alfas in Ibadan, shortly before
he left for Oke-Ogun for his two-day campaigns in the sub-zone.
