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Osinbajo Speaks On Nigeria’s Division
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has proffered possible solutions to issues of division in Nigeria.
TrackNews reports that the 2023 Presidential hopeful spoke on Thursday during the public presentation of Dr Yemi Ogunbiyi’s memoir in Lagos.
In his presentation, Osinbajo said there is a need for frank discussions among Nigerians on issues causing division.
According to the presidential aspirant, doing this would find lasting solutions and also chart the way forward towards building a better and more united nation.
Speaking on the significance of the book and the lessons, Osinbajo noted that citizens need to talk “more to ourselves not at ourselves”.
He said: “We need frank discussions on the issues that divide us, we need openness about our fears and prejudices. Perhaps, that way we may gain each other’s confidence”.
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) hailed Ogunbiyi who clocked 75, as a brilliant university teacher, newspaper executive, debonair, connoisseur of wine and collector of fine art.
Also in attendance at the event was Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, Ogun and Ekiti Governors, Dapo Abiodun and Kayode Fayemi, ex-Ogun and Osun Governors, Segun Osoba and Rauf Aregbesola.
Others were former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku; Prof. Femi Osofisan, who reviewed the book.
Meanwhile, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim has assured that his administration will prioritize rebuilding the nation’s economy if elected as President come 2023.
Anyim is contesting for Nigeria’s number one political position in the forthcoming election under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), TrackNews reports.
Addressing former members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party on Friday, Anyim said if given the chance, he will return the country to where it was under the leadership of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Recall that Jonathan was defeated by the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015.
Nigeria’s economy according to Anyim, was rebased under Jonathan and became the largest in Africa.