Standup9ja: Osinbajo Returns From Italy, Says He’s Honoured
To Represent Nigeria At G7 Summit
BEVERLY HILLS, May 27, (THEWILL) – The Acting President,
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has returned from Italy where he had traveled to earlier in
the day for the G7 Summit special outreach forum on Africa with selected
African nations and leaders including Nigeria, Guinea, Tunisia, Niger, Ethiopia
and Kenya.
Announcing his return on Saturday evening via his Twitter
handle, Osinbajo stated that he is “honored to represent Nigeria today at G7
summit Africa outreach in Taormina, Italy.”
While at the summit, he had posited that African youths are
not deterred by the failures of the past on the continent, stressing that the
energy and talent of the youth remained a source of optimism for the continent.
The Acting President, according to a statement by his Senior
Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, said, “Africa is
confident of the future because we have learnt, we are investing more in
education, insisting on good governance and holding ourselves to account.
“But the greatest reason for our optimism is in the
incredible energy, talent and creativity of our young people, male and female
who are completely undeterred by the failures of the past and are daily taking
advantage of innovation and technology bringing about the Africa of our
dreams.”
While assuring the G7 countries of Africa’s increasing
collaboration in trade, counter-terrorism and strengthening democracy, Osinbajo
commended the seven most industrialised nations of the world for their support
in the fight against Boko Haram terrorism.
He singled out the United States, France, and the United
Kingdom as effective partners in the Lake Chad basin, citing the successes of
“our joint intelligent unit which has provided useful and timely intelligence
in the war against terrorism”.
Speaking about the progress so far recorded in the country,
the Acting President said there has been a massive increase in rice yield over
the past two years, distribution of fertilizer subsidies to farmers, who have
also benefited from an e-wallet system which guaranteed that the subsidies get
to the farmers.
He pointed out that the N-Power programme which has started
engaging some of the up to 500,000 young previously unemployed graduates
instalmentally as teachers, agricultural extension workers, and public health
professionals “is a breakthrough in mass post-tertiary education.”
He said the participants were recruited online in all states
in the nation mostly using mobile phones, adding that participants were soon to
receive their electronic tablet devices and can access an N-Power portal that
contain required training materials for an acquisition of more skills to carry
out their duties.
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