Just to keep the records straight against some misrepresentations by many people, who have shared their opinions on Vice President Yemi Osinbajo succeeding President Muhammadu Buhari, as if writing from a script while they also appear to echo the same myth about Osinbajo’s time in office as Vice President and of course, conveniently excluding his time as Acting President, this piece has been dedicated to debunk the claims with verifiable news links. Excerpts:
1. That when herdsmen overran the Southwest he was quiet: Not only did he arrange for the Southwest Obas to meet with the President, he has also spoken severally and vehemently on the subject matter.
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/256011-herdsmen-farmers-violence-osinbajo-leads-nine-governors-find-solutions.html
2. Then there are those who claim that he never spoke on the border closure. Again, this can only come from an ignorant fellow because he did speak on it at many fora, pleading with Nigerians and stating that the closure was not a permanent development.
https://guardian.ng/news/border-closure-not-permanent-policy-says-osinbajo/
3. What about the proponents of Yoruba Nation and Sunday Igboho? They claim he did not speak for or against but there are others within the same faction who credit Igboho’s release to Osinbajo. To the best of my knowledge, the man is given to One Nigeria where everyone has equal rights and can succeed without ethnic, religious or social class barriers.
https://guardian.ng/news/osinbajo-sues-for-national-unity/
4. Rule of Law: He has spoken at too many occasions on this subject matter and as Acting President also embodied it. This is evident in Onnoghen’s appointment, the termination of Lawal Daura’s appointment as DG of the DSS and even Nnamdi Kanu being granted bail after many months of detention without trial.
https://punchng.com/justice-belongs-to-nigerians-we-are-only-stewards-osinbajo-tells-sans/
5. One Fela Castro wrote that the Vice President never said anything positive about Nigerian youths. The first question that came to mind was, does he know what Google is? Osinbajo has on many occasions touted and boasted about the ability of Nigerian youths, referring to them as “our most valuable assets”.
https://www.thecable.ng/osinbajo-youths-are-our-most-valuable-assets-they-must-be-supported-in-every-way
6. Then there is the claim that he just looked on during the ASUU strike. Is this one ignorance or sheer beef? Even when doctors went on strike, he was mediating to end it and it was not paraded in the media for clout until the President of NARD himself mentioned it on TV.
https://guardian.ng/news/osinbajo-takes-over-fgs-team-in-talks-with-asuu/
7. That same Fela Castro claimed that Osinbajo did not speak when PMS was increased from N87 to 212. Let me make something clear, the VP is not a spokesperson, he is the VP and he has his job functions.
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/253582-weve-no-plans-increase-fuel-price-osinbajo-says.html
8. Some even went as far as saying that he declared his ambition on Twitter after this government banned it. I have no words for them. Just this link:
https://punchng.com/social-media-regulation-not-best-option-osinbajo/
9. That Fela Castro fellow also lied that the VP never spoke on the EndSARS saga when it was well documented that he took the IGP to the President and he told governors to set up the Judicial Panel of Inquiry.
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/421322-endsars-osinbajo-apologises-for-buhari-administrations-slow-implementation-of-protesters-demands.html
10. What about Trader Moni? I’m stunned that there are those who still believe that the VP shared money at markets. The monetary part of Trader Moni was fully handled by the Bank of Industry, all the VP did was on-site assessment. Just like he did when he visited Borno or Lagos airport.
https://www.boi.ng/tag/tradermoni/
As “jara”, the source of this piece thinks all Nigerians deserve to read this article by Guardian UK:
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/mar/30/activist-vice-president-yemi-osinbajo-breaks-trend-nigeria
It does put things into perspective.
