Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has attacked
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo over some of the issues he (Osinbajo) raised
during his visit to the United States of America.
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Speaking in New York yesterday, Osinbajo had claimed that,
"As at 2010, Nigeria had about 112.7million people living in extreme poverty.
Nothing in place, there was no Social Investment Programme, there was no social
security, no way of taking people out of poverty."
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But Jonathan, in a statement made available to the media on Tuesday by his media office and signed by Reno Omokri, said that Osinbajo has taken his lies to the US.
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He added, "My attention has been drawn to statements by the
so-called Pastor Yemi Osinbajo, the deputy to General Muhammadu Buhari, in New
York where, as usual, he made false statements to the media in an effort to
explain away his non-performance in office.
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"The statement [by Osinbajo] is a lie and it is very easy to
disprove Mr. Osinbajo's fallacious assertions.
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"According to the United Nations and the World Poverty
Clock, Nigeria overtook India as the world headquarters for extreme poverty on
Tuesday, June 26, 2018, when her population of extremely poor people
'INCREASED' to an unprecedented 87 million people.
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"If, according to both the United Nations and the World
Poverty Clock, Nigeria's population of extremely poor people hit an
unprecedented number of 87 million people in 2018 under General Buhari, how is
it possible that there were 112.7 million people living in extreme poverty in
2010?
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"If that were true, then Nigeria would have overtaken India
as the world headquarters for extreme poverty in 2010, because as at that time,
India did not have such numbers of extremely poor people.
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"You see that no matter how far and fast Osinbajo's regular
falsehood travels, it will always be overtaken by truth.
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"The truth is that the period between 2010 and 2015
witnessed the most radical reduction in poverty, ever in Nigerian history.
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"For instance, according to the annual Global Hunger Index
published by the US based International Food Policy Research Institute, whereas
hunger increased in other parts of sub Saharan Africa, for the first time since
records were kept, Hunger reduced in Nigeria by 20% in 2013 under the Jonathan
administration. I encourage my readers to Google this information.
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"I should note that, according to the same International
Food Policy Research Institute, hunger in Nigeria has risen every year since
2015.
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"Also, it is not true that there were 'no Social Investment
Programme' under the Jonathan administration. On the contrary, the most
successful social intervention programmes ever put in place in Nigeria, were
introduced and implemented by the Jonathan government.
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"This included the SUBSIDY REMOVAL EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM
called SURE-P, whereby roads, hospitals and child care clinics amongst others
were funded from the proceeds of the partially removed subsidy (including the
ongoing Second Niger Bridge that this administration dishonestly tried to take
credit for), headed by renowned industrialist and diplomat, Dr. Christopher
Kolade and the Conditional Cash Transfer program to poor Nigerians and pregnant
women (which the Buhari administration has praised publicly).
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"The Jonathan administration also had several initiatives to
turn around the lives of Nigerian youths including the Youth Enterprise With
Innovation in Nigeria (YouWin), the Graduate Internship Scheme (GIS), the
Presidential Special Scholarship Scheme for Innovations and Development
scholarships (PRESSID) to First Class graduates of Nigerian universities to
mention a few.
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"That same government also built 165 almajiri schools to
help reduce the 12 million strong population of out of school children in
Northern Nigeria, as well as built 12 new federal universities.
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"The policy of the Jonathan administration was that it was better
to give Nigerians a HAND UP, via education and grants to start their own
businesses, rather than give our people HANDOUTS of small sums of money that is
essentially fish, but doesn't teach them to fish.
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"In conclusion, I will like to say again that Mr. Osinbajo
has shown himself to be a man of very base character, who lies as much as the
devil that he preaches against and whose behaviour has undermined the faith of
genuine believers.
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"It will be recalled that only last week, Mr. Osinbajo
claimed that the 2019 elections were better than the 2015 elections, despite
the verdict of the US, EU and AU to the contrary.
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"It is now left to those who gave him the title 'pastor' to determine whether he is representing Christ well. Judgment Day is coming. And we shall all give account." (DP)
