Osinbajo Performed Excellently Well While Buhari Was Away – Tinubu

Tinubu, who said this on Tuesday in Lagos at the 9th Bola Tinubu Colloquium, stated that the Vice President “performed excellently well” as Acting President while Buhari was away.

The colloquium was organised by Tinubu’s friends to celebrate the APC chieftain who turned 65 today, March 29.

While also commending President Buhari for “meticulously following the constitution in temporarily transferring power to his deputy, Yemi Osinbajo”, Tinubu noted that both men exemplified true meaning of team work.

The APC chieftain, in his keynote at the colloquium tagged ‘Use What We Make, Make What You Use’, however, decried the high level of “poverty and inequity” under the current administration.

Tinubu warned that if nothing is quickly done by the President Buhari-led administration, the nation may be heading for doom in no distant time.

“I want to applaud President Muhammadu Buhari for meticulously following the constitution in temporarily transferring power to his deputy, Professor Yemi Osinbajo.

“As such, these two excellent men exemplified teamwork and the true meaning of unity of purpose. 

“Buhari set the pace by giving strategic direction to the VP and Osinbajo performed excellently well while the president was away by putting action into what the president told him to do,” Tinubu said.

He said, “There is widespread poverty, gross inequity, and high unemployment. I don’t see why this nation should continue to be poor with all its human capital and resources,” said Tinubu.

“Our challenges as a nation are manifold, but so are our capabilities, talent and resources, therefore we need to revolve the political economy in a manner that will put our huge population into productive use.

“If we do nothing to reform our economy, we are doomed as a nation.

“I know this administration has begun the process of salvaging the economy through reforms, but we need to create that enabling environment and make credit facilities accessible for creative individuals.

“Not only must we use what we make and make what we use, we must make what the world values,” he said.