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2023: Osinbajo Reveals What Can Make Nigeria Work

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has opined that consultations with the people is critical in governance and important for national development, especially in a country as diverse and complex as Nigeria.

Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Monday, said the vice president had a dinner with speakers and deputy speakers of a number of State Houses of Assembly on Sunday at his official residence in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

According to the vice-president, government by partnership is very important.

“That is the kind of relationship that I think makes governance easier.

” The only way to make a complex country like this work is by consultations; there is no other way,” he said.

The vice-president said that he would apply the partnership model in governance if he was nominated by the All Progressives Congress (APC) as its presidential flagbearer and elected as president.

He restated the value of his experience to lead the country as president in 2023

“In terms of training on the job, I think I am quite well trained.

“So, I believe very strongly that, although there are other contestants who are also very capable and competent, I believe that just in terms of readiness, I think that if there is anyone who is prepared for that, I am certainly that person.

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“So, if by the grace of God, I am nominated by the party and the electorate, I think that God helping us, we will be able to do much in office.

“Whatever policy that is, engagement is always the best approach, I think that has succeeded in so many instances. I am confident that the partnership model is one that will always work,” he said.

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