The presidential candidates for the All Progressives Party, Muhammad
Buhari and Yemi Osinbajo have now embraced another means of engaging
Nigerians on social media.
However, unlike Buhari who is joining the platform for the first
time, his running mate Yemi Osinbajo has been tweeting for a while now,
he even had a “#AskProfOsinbajo anything” session yesterday.
During the interactive session, he stated said that one of the
fundamental problems bedeviling the nation is the failure of the
President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government to tackle corruption.
He said it was saddening that under Jonathan’s government, “there is
no consequence for corruption.” adding that “One of the fundamental
problems is that there is no consequence for corruption. I think that
what everyone will agree to about a Buhari government is that it will
not tolerate corruption.
“If the number one citizen has a clear and uncompromising
anti-corruption stand then the anti-corruption policy will work. If the
number one and number two citizens have a strong stance on
anti-corruption then our policy can succeed.”
Commenting on the rate of unemployment in the country, he said the
Buhari/Osinbajo administration if elected in 2015 will tackle the
challenge by supporting every state to create 20, 000 jobs as well as
pay a stipend to every youth corps members for a year while they are
looking for employment.
“We expect every state will be supported to create 20, 000 jobs
directly funded. The FG will also match the creation that for every
additional job created over 20, 000 mark. FG will pay a stipend to every
youth corper for a year while they are looking for employment and in
that year will give vocational training. FG will undertake a massive
public works programme; this is expected to have multiplier effect of
producing hundreds of thousands of jobs. FG will give tax breaks and
recognition to employers of labour who provide a certain minimum number
of jobs”.
The professor also highlighted that the APC is different from the PDP
because it is focus on policies that will impact the lives of the
common man.
“We have social programmes such as social welfare (first in Africa),
free education, mass employment, universal healthcare insurance and the
free meals programme in primary schools. The difference is in the
ticket, integrity is key”.
On his vision for Nigeria, the professor of law said that, “a country
where everyone has a good job, lives a decent life in peace and
security