Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN has said President Muhammadu
\nBuhari is beginning to change the narrative and perception of leadership
\nin Nigeria and Africa because of his widely acclaimed uprightness and
\nhonesty.<\/p>\n
Osinbajo stated this while delivering a public lecture titled “The Before he spoke, the Vice President had been received in the school by the Osinbajo said the Buhari presidency offered Nigeria and indeed Africa the According to the Vice President, “the commitment that the Federal He said: “Nigeria has a great opportunity to change the perception of “Transparency in government, social investments, provision of education Prof. Osinbajo, who spoke on some of the causes of Nigeria\u2019s security, On the Boko Haram insurgency, Prof. Osinbajo said the inability of He however expressed optimism that the Buhari government\u2019s posture and He said: “Clearly one of the strongest reasons for President Buhari’s “He moved quickly to realise this objective, announcing a relocation of “With more effective leadership, command and control, improved logistics The Vice President told his audience that the Federal Government led by According to Prof. Osinbajo,\u00a0 “The overall objective of the Buhari Plan He said the goals are to: “Restore peace, stability and civil Authority “Providing equal access to basic services and infrastructure; promoting a “Accelerating equal access to quality education for girls as well as boys “Addressing environmental degradation through sustainable measures to Regarding treatment of abused women and girls, Prof. Osinbajo said despite Citing the case of the recently released 21 Chibok girls and the teenage He stressed the need for stakeholders to partner with government at all “After the trauma and deprivations of captivity on the day of their “What the stories of the Chibok girls and that of the converted suicide “While we had to put troops on the ground to liberate occupied He said government however acknowledged the fact that the most important The Vice President concluded that the Federal Government\u2019s commitment and Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN has said President Muhammadu Buhari is beginning to change the narrative and perception of leadership in Nigeria and Africa because of his widely acclaimed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nUnravelling of Boko Haram and the Rebuilding of the North-East of
\nNigeria\u2019\u2019 at the Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International
\nAffairs on Thursday<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n
\nHarvard University Marshall, Ms. Jackie O\u2019Neil, and Prof. Jacob Olupona of
\nthe Divinity School among other top Harvard officials and professors.<\/p>\n
\nbest opportunity to convince the entire world about leadership perception
\nin the country and the continent.<\/p>\n
\ngovernment has made is to be consistent and there is no distrust for the
\npolitical leadership in Nigeria today, and for good reason, this has
\npromoted the easy embrace of dissenters of all shades by the people.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
\nleadership as being corrupt and unreliable, with President Buhari who is
\nwidely acknowledged as being forthright and honest, Mai gaskiya (the
\ntruthful one, as he is known in the North).\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
\nand healthcare could improve the government’s image as being responsive.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
\nsocial, political and economic challenges, noted that governance failure
\nin the past culminated in the myriad of problems that manifested in the
\nform of terrorism, kidnapping, general insecurity and many others that
\npredated the Buhari government.<\/p>\n
\nprevious governments to implement programmes and policies that had direct
\nimpact on poor Nigerians, and endemic corruption, led to a degeneration of
\nthe situation in the North-East.<\/p>\n
\nactions had changed the narrative for the better, stressing that the
\ninternational community and Nigerians, including a few skeptics now
\nbelieve in the government\u2019s abilities to change things.<\/p>\n
\nvictory in the March 2015 Presidential election was the expectation that
\ngoing by his reputation as a no-nonsense soldier he would defeat Boko
\nHaram and restore peace to the North East.<\/p>\n
\nthe Command and Control Headquarters to Maiduguri right at the heart of
\nthe insurgency.<\/p>\n
\nand intelligence, better equipment and motivation of the troops, the tide
\nsoon turned.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
\nPresident Muhammadu Buhari remained committed to rebuilding the devastated
\nNorth-eastern region through a comprehensive plan that is also
\ntransparent.<\/p>\n
\nis to develop a structure and process capable of providing leadership,
\nco-ordination and synergy in achieving its targeted goals.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
\nin the North-East region; co-ordinate the mobilization of targeted
\nresources to respond to the humanitarian crisis and jumpstart the region\u2019s
\neconomies while strategically repositioning the region for long-term
\nprosperity.<\/p>\n
\ncivic culture that integrates zero tolerance to sexual and gender based
\nviolence with peaceful co-existence as the success indicator.<\/p>\n
\nand building social cohesion; targeting social and economic development
\nand capacity building that reduces the inequalities affecting the poor,
\nparticularly women and youth.<\/p>\n
\nhalt desertification and protect the Lake Chad resources; physical
\nreconstruction of infrastructure especially schools, hospitals and
\ndwellings in areas considered safe for residents to return.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
\nthe daunting challenge, the government in collaboration with local and
\nforeign partners was establishing special programmes and shelters for
\nabused women and girls.<\/p>\n
\nbomber that refused to blow up herself at the Dikwa IDP camp in February,
\nVP Osinbajo said government had a strong commitment to impact on the lives
\nof both the victims of the insurgency and other persons affected.<\/p>\n
\nlevels to counter the ideology of the insurgents as one of the measures of
\naddressing the menace of terrorism.<\/p>\n
\nrelease they looked frightened, malnourished and unkempt. But such is the
\npower of freedom that few days after their release, the girls were seen
\ndancing and rejoicing heartily at a Thanksgiving service where their
\nparents reunited with them for the first time in over two years!<\/p>\n
\nbomber point to is the certain defeat of Boko Haram insurgency and the
\nwaning resonance of its underpinning ideology.<\/p>\n
\nterritories and free captive people in the North-East, we would have to
\ncontinue the battle for the minds of the radicalized many so that we can
\nhave more Aminas of Dikwa\u00a0 saying no to terrorist propositions of death,
\ndespair and destruction.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
\nlong term therapy was the assurance that the state has the capacity and
\nthe will to protect the most vulnerable.<\/p>\n
\nstrategy in combating Boko Haram and rebuilding the region was anchored on
\nits anti-corruption posture which would ultimately ensure judicious
\nutilization of resources for both the military\u2019s operations and in
\nimplementing the non-kinetic aspect of reconstructing the north east.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"