Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo

Osinbajo Presides Over 4th Virtual NEC Meeting

September 17, 2020 12:28 pm

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday presided over a virtual meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The meeting was the fourth virtual meeting as the nation complies with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) protocol on COVID-19 pandemic.

Governors joined the virtual NEC from their respective states.

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At the last virtual meeting on Aug. 20, NEC disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the sum of ₦13 billion for the implementation of community policing in the country.

It said the president’s gesture was borne …

Osinbajo Kicks Against Prohibition Of Cryptocurrency

Salami Panel: How Osinbajo’s Ex-Aide Squandered ₦250m

August 21, 2020 5:41 am

An ex-aide to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Donald Wokoma, allegedly failed to execute some contracts awarded to his firms in 2018, after receiving ₦250million.

This was when he served as Special Assistant to the VP on National Economic Council (NEC).

PRNigeria’s Economic Confidential reports that Wokoma was a signatory to the bank accounts of the companies.

An investigator at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) spoke while testifying before the Justice Ayo Salami-led Presidential Investigative Committee on Thursday.

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The panel is investigating EFCC activities under the suspended Acting …

Osinbajo Is Chairman Short People Association – El-Rufai

May 12, 2020 5:40 am

The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has joked that Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, is the chairman of the ‘Short People Association of Nigeria’.

El-Rufai tweeted this on Monday night, in response to a video posted by comedian Gbadewonuola Olateju Oyelakin, better known as Teju Babyface on Twitter.

The clip showed the Governor making an appearance on Babyface’s show in 2010.

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“Yes…..I remember this @Tejubabyfacetv interview in 2010…..how time flies….HE VP Osinbajo is the current chairman of the Nigerian Association of Short People…

“So we are represented at the highest echelons of governance!

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Osibanjo: Nigeria’s VAT Rate Lowest In Africa

February 10, 2020 2:54 pm

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said that Nigeria’s current Value Added Tax (VAT) rate is the lowest in Africa.

The vice-president stated this in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, Monday at the National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Clinics for Viable Enterprises.

According to Osinbajo, “Many people have said this is a higher tax rate for consumers and has complications on those who are trading as well. You must remember that this is the lowest VAT rate in the whole of Africa.

“Why it is true is that Ghana has reduced its VAT rate from 15 per cent to 12.5 per …