Coronavirus: Osinbajo Reveals Buhari’s Plan For Nigerians’ Welfare

The Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari, is concerned about the well-being of Nigerians following the lockdown order across Nigeria.

Osinbajo noted that plans were underway to improve the welfare of Nigeria as the country goes through a difficult time in economic activities.

The Vice President stated this on Friday after a meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Osinbajo when asked to speak on his engagement with the president as the head of the Economic Sustainability Committee, he said it was part of the regular briefing.

He said, “Sometimes I come physically as you have seen me today, other times I brief him on the phone or by video conference.”

“What we are concerned about is how to ensure that the economy remains stable, that jobs are protected and if possible, more jobs are created.”

He further stated that the President is concern about the problems that may be associated with the lockdown.

“Many of our people work for a daily wage, they have to go out to work, so we have to think in terms of how to ensure that we are able to give them some succour during the period when they are not able to work.”

“Some of those issues are the issues Mr President wanted me to discuss fully with him. Of course, we have the Economic Sustainability Committee and shortly we are going to submit a full report to Mr President on our thoughts and ideas.”

“Mr President asked me to meet with him, in particular, to resolve some of the pressing issues around COVID-19 and also around the economic problems that we are seeing already.”