Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has expressed concern over the high of poverty in Nigeria.
Osinbajo, who noted that millions of Nigerians are living below the poverty line, said the COVID-19 pandemic had further have aggravated the situation.
The Vice President disclosed this after several sessions at the two-day retreat, which reviewed the challenges of the relationship and interdependence between the executive and legislative arms of government.
He, however, urged the executive and legislatures to work together in addressing the challenges confronting Nigerians.
A statement forwarded to DAILY POST by his spokesman, Laolu Akande quoted Osinbajo as saying: “Every generation of leadership must understand context. Law itself must be interpreted and implemented in context. What is the reality of the context that we operate in today?
“We all know, our nation has millions of extremely poor people, the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened unemployment and poverty.
“We have huge deficits in infrastructure, many children are out of school. If that is our context, we will be callous and irresponsible if we don’t come together, work together to sort out these grave life threatening problems our people have to confront every day. The dogmatic emphasis on procedural niceties is a luxury we cannot afford.”
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