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  • WATCH VIDEO: Lagos crowd cheers Vice President Osinbajo in Isolo

    WATCH VIDEO: Lagos crowd cheers Vice President Osinbajo in Isolo

    Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo was cheered by Lagosians on Monday morning as he commissioned a world-class Toyota research & service center in Isolo area of Lagos State.

     

     

    According to the Vice President, the business reforms of the Buhari administration would be deepened.

     

    On his way out, a cheering throng crowded his car & he came out acknowledging the greetings.

     

     

    TNG gathered that the center would be unique in serving as a fertile training ground for all technicians of accredited Toyota dealers in Nigeria.

     

    The company’s Managing Director, Mr. Kunle Ade-Ojo, asserted that the workshop offers world-class- after-sales service, a second-to-none body and paint shop, genuine spare parts and other services which include training of their dealers.

     

  • Osinbajo to speak on presidential ambition soon – VP Spokesperson, Laolu Akande

    Osinbajo to speak on presidential ambition soon – VP Spokesperson, Laolu Akande

    Professor Yemi Osinbajo’s spokesperson, Laolu Akande has said that the Vice president will make his presidential ambition decision known in no distance time.

    While fielding questions from state house correspondents during the Osinbajo’s 65th birthday ceremony in the presidential villa on Tuesday, Akande mentioned that at the appropriate time the Vice president will tell Nigerians if he would contest or not.

    He said that at present, Mr Osinbajo is focused on supporting President Muhammadu Buhari to deliver in addressing Nigeria’s challenges.

    “Well, like he has said up to this time, he is committed to the work that he is elected as vice president and to support the president.

    “ That is what he is focused on now; and like I have also said in my last tweet, whatever will be his activities or whatever he would do will be communicated officially,” he said.
    Mr Akande said that the vice president, based on his observations in the last seven to eight years, was driven by the notion that the government and governance and leadership ought to have a heart of justice and a heart of service.

    “He often says in most of the meetings that we hold that the reason why we are here is because people put us here.

    “ We are here in the interest of the people; so, he is someone that is committed to that notion of service to the people, whether in government, whether as a pastor, whether as a lawyer.

    “In every aspect of his life, he understands very diligently the idea that we are here to serve.’’

    Laolu Akande added that the Vice president principle has been people- driven and he will continue to make effort to impact on the people of Nigeria

  • FG committed to free, compulsory basic education – Osinbajo

    The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government towards free and compulsory education of the first nine years of a child school life across the country.

    Osinbajo gave the commitment in Ibadan while speaking at the Divine Proclamation Service of the Dominion University,

    The Vice President recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari, had, on June 20, made the declaration, on free and compulsory education.

    He stressed that the assignment to provide free and compulsory education at the basic level was an important one for the government

    He, however, said that Federal government would not force any state to do so but would be working actively with states that chose to enforce the free and compulsory education.

    ”We will support them in whatever way we can to ensure that they achieve the objectives of free and compulsory education.” he said.

    Osinbajo commended Oyo state government under the leadership of Gov. Seyi Makinde, for keying into the free and compulsory education programme as declared by the Federal government.

    He described Makinde as visionary leader from his commitment to the provision of free education for children in both public primary and secondary schools in the state.

    Osinbajo saluted the courage and passion of Bishop Taiwo Adelakun, the Founder of the Dominion University, towards provision of quality education.

    He called on well meaning Nigerians and philanthropists to support government and private universities toward quality education delivery in the country.

    In his address at the occasion, Makinde, said that free and qualitative education had come to stay in Oyo state under his administration.

    ” Though we understand that four years is not enough to really get to where we are going but it is enough to lay solid foundation upon which successive administrations will build on. ” he said.

    He said his administration would make the necessary investment without minding who would take the glory down the line.

    He congratulated Bishop Adelakun for setting up the university and asserted that the proclamation of the institution would be the beginning of the journey that would produce the kind of leaders that Nigerians want.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bishop Adelakun, is the Presiding Bishop of Victory International Church, Ibadan.

    The Dominion University is situated along Ibadan-Lagos road and is the 77th in the number of private universities in Nigeria.

  • Over N600bn allocated to education in 2018 – Osinbajo

    Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, says over N600 billion has s far been allocated to the education sector in 2018.

    Osinbajo disclosed this at the opening ceremony of a two-day Stakeholders’ Workshop on Sustainable Funding for Education in Nigeria held on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa Banquet Hall, Abuja.

    The workshop was organised by Federal Ministry of Education in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Finance.

    He said that in spite of the difficult economic situation when the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration came on board, the Federal Government made sure that funding of education was not neglected.

    “We were able to increase capital allocation to education; for instance, in the Federal Budget, capital allocation was increased from N23.53 billion in 2015 when we came–that was the allocation.

    “In the budget that we did, we took up the capital allocation to N35.99 billion in 2016.

    “Then in 2017, we took it to up to N56. 81bn and this year, the current capital budget on education is N102.9 billion.

    “So, this shows substantial increase in education budget; in addition, there is the UBEC funding which in 2018 amounted to N109.86 billion.

    “In fact, if you include the recurrent budget, the amount allocated to education by the Federal Government this year is more than N600 billion.’’

    Represented by the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udo Udoma, Osinbajo said that additional funds were also made available through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND).

    He said, however, that the amounts were still insufficient to provide the high quality education which the administration was determined to give to all Nigerians; hence the importance of the stakeholders workshop.

    Osinbajo said that stakeholders must seek ways of increasing funding to education from all the tiers of government–the Federal Government, State and Local Governments.

    “ While government funding is important and critical, it is not the only source of funding for education.

    “There are two broad sources of funding for education-the most important are the grants from governments at all levels; that is the Federal and State and Local Governments in the form of capital budgets, recurrent budget and special allocation.

    “The second source of funding are from non-governmental sources—these include contributions from sources such as school charges, private donations, corporate sponsors, alumni associations, charitable and faith-based associations and among others,’’ he said.

    He said the workshop was expected to come with innovative ways by which increased funding of education could be achieved from all possible sources including any additional sources they could identify outside the aforementioned.

    On his part, the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, said that funding education was a very crucial issue; hence the importance attached to the workshop.

    According to him, funding is key to the delivery of qualitative education which is the foundation for national growth and sustainable development.

    He said that upon his appointment, he met a lot of challenges in the basic, secondary and tertiary education as well as teachers’ professional development, technical education, access and quality of education.

    Adamu said that against the foregoing, the ministry proposed the Ministerial Strategic Plan for Education hinged on ten pillars.

    He listed the pillars as -Out of School Children, Youth and Adult Literacy, Teacher Education, Basic Education, Curriculum Matters, Tertiary Education, Education Data and planning.

    Others are- Technical and Vocation Education and Training, Information and Communication Technology in Education and Library Services.

    He said that increased funding of education had facilitated access to tertiary education in Nigeria but posed a huge financial burden on the funding of public institutions.

    Adamu urged Nigerians to disabuse their minds of the belief that funding education was the responsibility of the government as it involved individuals, agencies, developmental partners and government at all levels.

    NAN

  • Nigerians yet to feel improving economy, says Archbishop

    Nigerians yet to feel improving economy, says Archbishop

    The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Martins says Nigerians have yet to feel the effect of the nation’s economy coming out of recession.

    Martins spoke at a news conference to mark his 58th birthday at the Holy Cross Cathedral, Lagos, on Thursday.

    The archbishop said that Nigerians continued to face hard times, despite government’s assurance that the economy was gradually moving out of recession.

    He said: “While this is gladsome to hear, the reality is that the impacts are yet to be felt at the grassroots. The cost of living is very high; workers are being retrenched daily.

    “Even some of those still working are not being paid, both in the public and private sector; the power sector is in a comatose. The effects of all these on the poor masses of this country can better be imagined.

    “We know efforts are being done to address all these, but Nigerians are tired of promises; they want to see results.

    “In the past we have been given promises of palliatives being put in place to bring immediate relief to the masses, but we are yet to feel the impact, or is this another case of policy somersault?’’

    Martins said the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, in his Democracy Day address, however, gave account of the federal government’s efforts to move the nation forward.

    “He pinpointed security as one key area that the present administration has performed credibly well.

    “Let me use this opportunity to commend the government for the victories recorded against the insurgent and for securing the release of about 125 of the kidnapped Chibok girls.

    “We urge them not to rest on their oars until the remaining girls are brought home safely,’’ he said.

    The cleric, however, said the incessant armed herdsmen attacks across the country which had led to loss of lives and properties worth millions needed urgent attention.

    “All efforts must be made to stem the tide of their activities and bring them to book; every Nigerian deserves to live in peace and wherever they choose to live in the country,’’ Martins said.

    On his 58th birthday, the archbishop said he could not but thank God for granting him the grace and privilege to serve in His vineyard.

    “Indeed, every of our lives is important and should be lived to the glory of God by impacting positively on as many lives as possible.

    “Though times are hard and some days may be frustrating, we must always learn to live with faith, placing all our burdens and hope on God.

    “ Counting our blessings, naming them one by one, these, I have committed myself doing, such that whatever may come my way each day, I know my life is secured in His,’’ he said.