Speaking yesterday at the 2017 Murtala Muhammed Memorial lecture in Abuja, Osinbajo expressed regrets that the spirit of the Nigerian project had degenerated to the extent that, “The first question we tend to raise is not what's the value of a person or a lady, or what he or she can do however wherever he or she is from or what non secular label he's carrying.
According to the acting president, Nigerians should emulate the bequest of the late General Muhammed, who even in his short reign, left indelible marks in the country.
Meanwhile, the Acting President yesterday paid an official visit to Rivers State in continuation of Federal Government’s dialogue with peoples of the Niger Delta.
In Port Harcourt, he declared that the zone required a new vision destitute of the prevailing sad circle of discontent that generally resulted in violence, vandalism and security response.He said that it was very discomforting that the Niger Delta region wherever he did his National Youths Service Corps thirty eight years agone was still grappling with a similar challenges of underdevelopment and poorness.
He disclosed that the groundbreaking ceremony for the Integrated Contaminated Soil Management Centre provided for by the global organization Environment Programme (UNEP) report are performed on weekday in Ogoni.
The acting president reassured the stakeholders that the Federal Government would continue the amnesty programme for ex-militants.
In response, Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike said he was in support of the 16-point agenda submitted by the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) to the Federal Government.
Osinbajo will conjointly pay a politician visit to IMO State these days.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Sam Onwuemeodo, in Owerri yesterday stated that the Acting President would inaugurate “one or two comes, out of more than 2 thousand verifiable projects” dead by the Governor Rochas Okorocha’s administration.
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