The breaking news that brought lots of joy, happiness and excitement to the face of every conscious well-meaning Nigerian in recent times was the confirmation and reaffirmation of Buhari/Osinbajo’s joint ticket going into 2019 general election.
From the day of their inauguration in 2015 as the President and Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, these two uncommon leaders bonded with love and concern for the progress of this country never left us in doubt as to the level of their patriotism. In the words of Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity to the Vice President: “The Buhari/Osinbajo connection and mutual trust these two gentlemen share is an inspiration to this nation and clear signal a new day is here”.
Professor Yemi Osinbajo has been a phenomenon in the handling of his activities towards making Nigeria one of the greatest countries of the world. He defied the hitherto narrative that the Office of the Vice President is a spare tyre. His reliability and competence were never to be questioned, hence, the reason President Muhammadu has given him more roles and he has continually delivered.
As the head of the economic team of this present administration, it did not take Professor Osinbajo and his team long to take us out of recession which its seeds were planted by the previous government as enunciated by the former coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala.
One thing that can never be taken away from a great leader like President Muhammad Buhari, is his ability to identify a credible person who shares the same patriotic ideals with him to work with, hence, the choice of Professor Osinbajo was a watershed and epoch making in Nigeria’s history. You may wish to recall in 1983, when Buhari came in as Head of State, he made the Late Major General Tunde Idiagbon as his de-facto Vice President. Today, nobody makes reference to that government without calling Buhari/Idiagbon regime as a result of that mutual patriotic working understanding between them.
Today, history is already repeating itself for good, with the replication of unity of purpose experienced during Buhari/Idiagbon regime happening now, but this time via a democratically elected government.
It may interest you to note that Nigerians are more comfortable calling this present administration as “Buhari/Osinbajo’s administration” as against what was obtainable in the past where the Vice President was dormant.
Finally, working for Buhari/Osinbajo’s re-election in 2019 is a task that must be fulfilled by every well-meaning Nigerian, in the interest of progress and development of Nigeria.
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
– Wada Yahaya
