Press Releases

*Commences emergency clean-up of the Apapa gridlock *Trucks, tankers to vacate Port Access Roads within 72 hours from this morning A Presidential directive has been issued for the immediate clearing up of the Apapa gridlock and the restoration of law and order to Apapa and its environs within 2 weeks. The directive mandates the immediate […]

*VP commissions projects executed by State government Following the signing into law of the North-East Development Commission (NEDC) Act, the rebuilding of communities devastated by the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East will receive priority attention in the Next Level of the Buhari administration, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this […]

*VP receives Microsoft delegation in Abuja *Tech giant to open African Development Centre in Nigeria and Kenya The Federal Government is exploring all possibilities and opportunities to ensure that broadband connection is available to Nigerians. Besides, the Buhari administration also plans to use technology to reduce some of the deficits in the healthcare and educational […]

President Patrice Talon of the Republic of Benin has sent a Special Envoy to Nigeria to deliver a message to President Muhammadu Buhari on the country’s political situation. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, received in audience, the delegation from the Republic of Benin led by Mr Pascal Irenn Koupaki, […]

*VP meets Gbagyi traditional & political leaders at Presidential Villa *Meeting with military authorities forthcoming Federal Government is committed and will adopt all necessary measures that will lead to the amicable and just resolution of the land dispute between indigenous people of Abuja and the Nigerian Army, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. […]

*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 […]