Press Releases
Osinbajo Celebrates Young Nigerian Achievers, Says Youths are Nigeria’s Most Valuable Assets
*Adds: $500m facility in the works to support technology, creativity *Starting this year, 20,000 graduates to get paid “work experience fellowships” annually *In Aso Villa, VP honors 42 winners of “Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award” in Nigeria Making their marks in different fields like technology, environmental sanitation, agriculture, public health, and education, among others, young […]
Osinbajo to Civil Servants: Govt Agencies Must Provide Conducive Environment for Private Sector, NGOs to Operate
Adds: Everything that happens in Public Service affects Nigeria’s future “The role of government agencies as licensors, regulators, revenue generators only makes sense when operators understand that the bigger picture is to provide the most auspicious environment for the private and non-government sectors to operate.” This was the summary of the Leadership Enhancement and Development […]
President Buhari Demands Transparency, Accountability From New NNPC Board
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja urged the Board of the newly incorporated Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to ensure strict compliance with Corporate Governance principles that place premium on doing business with the highest ethical standards, integrity, and transparency. Inaugurating the Board chaired by Senator Margery Chuba Okadigbo, the President charged them to […]
President Buhari Signs N17.127tr 2022 Budget Into Law, Directs MDAs to Commence Early Preparation of 2023 Transition Budget
v Expresses Concern Over Worrisome Changes to 2022 Budget by NASS v To Submit Amendment Bill Early 2022 In keeping with the tradition of restoring a predictable January to December fiscal year, as provided for in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja signed into law the 2022 […]
Our Social Investment Programmes will Accelerate Sustainable Development Goals- Osinbajo
*VP highlights efforts by Administration to reduce poverty, provide jobs When the Buhari administration set out the Social Investment Programmes, which is now regarded as the largest of its kind in the continent, one of the objectives was to accelerate the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals in the country. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, […]
Turkey-Africa Summit: President Buhari Calls for Concrete Support to Defeat Terrorism in Africa
President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday in Istanbul called on the Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit to provide concrete support to help defeat terrorism and insurgency on the African continent. Speaking at the third edition of the Summit, President Buhari said the Boko Haram terrorist group, though fragmented by internal strife and degraded by Nigeria’s defense forces, is still […]
As President Buhari Clocks 79, a Focus on Achievements, Challenges
By Garba Shehu President Muhammadu Buhari marks the age of 79 on Friday 17, without the joy of being with the family and the country he governs, seeking to maximize bilateral benefits in critical areas of Nigeria’s safety, survival and economic development in a distant country, Turkey. As President in the last six years, he […]
Response from the Office of President Buhari to Today’s Daily Trust Editorial: “Life has Lost Its Value Under Buhari’s Nigeria
Given the seriousness of the issue raised by the Daily Trust today, the Office of the President would like to issue a response. The growing instability and violence in the North of Nigeria and elsewhere is unacceptable. No one, not least the Presidency underestimates the seriousness of the situation. Everyday, the President holds the […]
Address by President Buhari at the Virtual Summit for Democracy Organised by President Joe Biden of USA
Your Excellency, President Joe Biden Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Governments, Heads of Multilateral Organisations, Business leaders and Civil Society Groups, Ladies and Gentlemen. I would like to begin by expressing my thanks to President Joe BIDEN, and the government and people of the United States for hosting this Summit to review the state […]
At Naval Dockyard, President Buhari Commissions NNS Oji, Another Made-In-Nigeria Vessel
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Lagos commissioned a Seaward Defence Boat (SDB) III, built by the Nigerian Navy. The indigenously constructed SDB, NNS Oji, is the third of its series to be locally built at the Naval Dockyard Limited, Lagos solely by Navy engineers after the successes of NNS Adoni, and NNS Karaduwa, commissioned in 2016 […]
President Buhari: Bisi Akande is the Type of Person I can go Into the Jungle With
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Lagos described Chief Bisi Akande, a former interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) party, as a ‘‘perfect public officer,” and the type of person he could go into the jungle with. Speaking at the public presentation of ‘‘My Participations,” the autobiography of Chief Bisi Akande, the President said the […]
President Bihari did not Order the Sack of AEDC Management, Says Presidency
The Presidency wishes to react to a news item making the rounds, credited to the Minister of State for Power that President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the sack and replacement of the management of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC. This cannot be true. Since the privatization of the Power Sector in 2013, the management […]
