Press Releases

*Speaks of forthcoming expansion of Buhari’s Social Investment *How State Govt mobilized people to tap into the Programmes The successes recorded in the deployment of the Social Investment Programmes across the country and the planned expansion of the schemes in the Next Level reveals the Buhari administration’s commitment to the welfare of the common man, […]

The Federal Government will welcome collaboration with the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in key aspects of improving the economy including the Ease of Doing Business, the privatization of public enterprises, amongst others, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this in Abuja today when a delegation from the Nigerian Stock Exchange led […]

*VP adds: Digital technology will change face of sector on the continent More young people are leveraging on opportunities in agriculture through the use of digital technology, which is changing the face of the sector in Nigeria and Africa, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Wednesday while speaking during […]

*Over 9.5M pupils benefiting *Programme kicks off in Ekiti *767 cows, 138,000 chickens, over 7M eggs & 94 metric tons of fish consumed every week In continuation of the free daily feeding of pupils in public primary schools across the country, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has formally flagged off the feeding of 75,020 children […]

* How we ensured no worker was entrenched *Solicits support of workers in actualisation of FG’s programmes “On assumption of office in 2015, in spite of the daunting economic challenges, which confronted us at the time, we ensured that no worker was retrenched across the country. We further kept faith with this commitment by providing […]

*FG spends over N3.5T on infrastructure in the last 3 years Investor-interest is on the rise in Nigeria based on the tracking of investment announcements which indicates a 37% increase from 2017 to 2018, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. The Vice President disclosed this today when he spoke at the first Nigeria-UK Economic […]

The Federal Government of Nigeria would not relent in its concerted efforts to improve the country’s power sector, including providing off-grid solutions such as renewable energy in order to rapidly grow and transform the nation’s economy, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Tuesday when he received a delegation from […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the acceptance of the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres to co-chair a Special Session to raise $50 billion to fund the inter-basin water transfer from Central Africa to revive the Lake Chad. Receiving the response of the Secretary-General to his earlier letter through the President of the African Development Bank, […]

*Over 12m Nigerians currently beneficiaries of Programmes *9.5 million pupils now being fed under School Feeding programme *1 million poorest households to benefit from Cash Transfer *Next Level: 10m Nigerians to benefit from GEEP schemes, with 1 million new additions to N-Power in the offing In continuation of its efforts to invest in the country’s […]

The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, and his Finance Ministry counterpart, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, at the weekend in Washington DC, assured that with elections now over, Nigeria is set for faster growth. At a high level business meeting with the US business community held under the auspices of the Corporate […]

*Adds: Scheme Central in FG’s Next Level Plans An effective National Health Insurance scheme remains the best panacea for the development of the health sector and an efficient healthcare delivery in the country, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Speaking while receiving a delegation of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, in his office earlier […]

*Adds: Leadership in Africa must contain hate speech, inciting comments *Kagame recalls Nigeria’s call for action to stop the genocide despite the indifference of more powerful States The resurgence of hate speech, racism, nationalism and all of the identity type problems that is going on around the world today is frightening and a compelling reason […]