Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the vice president had a virtual meeting with a team of professors drawn from the six geo-political zones under the auspices of the Progressive Intellectuals Advisory Group (PIAG).
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This is made known in a statement issued by Osinbajo’s Senior Special Assistant Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, saying that the Mediation and Security Council of ECOWAS will update leaders on political developments in the region and in the Sahel region.
This followed the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari, who was away on a State Visit to Portugal.
Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Monday evening at the 5th National Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Awards Dinner held at the State House Old Banquet Hall.
Recall that The Eagle Online had last week reported that pressure has been brought to bear on Osinbajo to contest.
Osinbajo further noted that he would continue to push for a better Nigeria.
The forum (organised by Jeune Afrique Media Group in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation, an arm of the World Bank), is Africa’s largest private-sector event that features conferences, debates, and high-level meetings dedicated to highlighting the role of the private sector in the development of the continent.
He said this in a statement on Saturday titled, ‘Sanwo-Olu and governance in recess’.
Tinubu, a former Governor of Lagos State, on Wednesday emerged winner of the 2023 APC presidential primaries.
He stated as at Tuesday evening, the contest was between Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice-president Yemi Osinbajo.
The party began its three-day convention in Abuja on Monday.
They had in the early hours of Tuesday proposed a five-man list of aspirants to President Muhammadu Buhari to consider for consensus
The vice president in a post on his Twitter handle expressed grief over the incident and described it as a senseless massacre.
In a statement by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele made it known that a southern presidency is best for the stability and unity of Nigeria. He made it known that the country is in a lot of crisis already and the only thing that can help sustain the country is if power is ceded to the southern part of the country.
Shettima’s apology comes barely 48 hours after his interview on Channels Television programme ‘Politics Today’ on Friday.
These were the words of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, on Tuesday in Jos, Plateau State, where he visited, in continuation of his consultations with stakeholders and delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) across the country ahead of the party’s presidential primaries.
The trio consulted with the delegates in separate meetings in Owerri, the Imo capital, on Tuesday, ahead of the APC’s presidential primaries slated for May 29.
On Arrival in Yobe and Borno States Monday, Prof. Osinbajo was warmly received by Governors Mai Mala Buni and Babagana Zulum respectively, alongside other state government officials.
Vice President Osinbajo was on Sunday in Kebbi and Kaduna States to meet with the delegates of the APC.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo spoke at the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria’s 24th Annual Tax Conference.