2023: VP Yemi Osinbajo Declares To Run Rollout Nine Promises to Nigerians 

VP Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s Vice President, formally proclaimed his intention to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023 on Monday.

According to iexclusivenews, VP Yemi Osinbajo made pledges to Nigerians while soliciting their support during his declaration speech in an early morning broadcast.

Mr Osinbajo claimed in his declaration speech uploaded on his social media accounts that he has “traveled every region of our country, meeting Nigerians of every rank, class, tribe, and walk of life, both young and old; “I MET YOU” during his seven years as vice president.

Here are some highlighted promises: 

1. Security: “If given the opportunity then I believe that first, we must complete what we started by radically transforming our security and intelligence architecture.”

2. Economy: “I’ll Provide an excellent environment for businesses to fly, enhance our Social Investment Programme to a full-scale social welfare scheme.”

“Complete the lifting of 100 million Nigerians out of poverty within this decade and rapidly advance our infrastructure development, especially power, roads, and railways.”

3. Judiciary: “Completing reform of our justice system, focusing on ensuring justice for all and the observant of the rule of law.”

4. AGRICULTURE: “Taking the agriculture revolution to the next level especially mechanization and developing the farm-to-table value chain.”

5. REGULATIONS: “Making sure that the government, its agencies, and regulators serve the business community.”

6. TECHNOLOGY: “Creating a tech economy that will provide jobs for millions of Nigerians.”

7. Education: “I’ll complete the task of ensuring that all Nigerians attend schools and reform our educational system for relevance to the challenges of this century”

8. GOVERNANCE: “Strengthening the capacity of States and Local Governments to deliver on their respective mandates. I’ll make sure the government agencies serve the businesses.”

9. ETHNICITY: “Let us build a Nigeria were everywhere in this land is home for everyone, where our diversities, tribes, and faiths unite, rather than divide us. Let us build a Nigeria where everyone sees each other as sisters and brothers.

“Let our tribes become one tribe; the Nigerian tribe, where all are treated fairly, justly, and with respect.”

“I’ve stood in your shoes and sat in your chair. From a place of relatable proximity, I know and understand our ambitions, aspirations, and anxieties, and I believe that those hopes and aspirations contain the seeds for the great Nigeria that we all seek.”

“I think that the Almighty God gave me these experiences, insights, and opportunities specifically for the purpose of putting them to use for our country and its wonderful peoples.”

“As a result, I publicly declare my desire to run for President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the platform of our great party, the All Progressives Congress, today, with the utmost humility.”