Yemi Osinbajo says Federal Government Will Insist On The Rule Of Law In Nigeria
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo
has said that the Federal Government would ensure that no one is above the law,
saying this is the first rule of any developed country.
Prof. Osinbajo who spoke while
receiving the leadership of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW
on a courtesy visit to his office in Abuja said there is no reason why Nigeria
also should not be well run like such countries.
According to him, "good
economies are run by men not spirits. Men and women like you and I, flesh and
blood. There is no reason why our country cannot be well run." The key the
VP noted, is the rule of law.
"We insist that the
rule of the law be maintained, that no one is above the law. Nobody is above
the law-it is the first rule, the President has committed himself to this. He
said it yesterday again in the US, that nobody is above the law," he said.
Prof. Osinbajo added that
"If somebody is held according to law, we must support that. Let us
support what is good and right for the country
While commending the
important role the road transporters play in the nation's economy, the Vice
President noted that the union is "one of the truly national organisations
that Nigeria can boast of."
He said the very important
role the union plays cannot be ignored, observing that its members provide the
"most accessible form of transportation for our people. Road transport is
the way by which we all move."
Prof Osinbajo then explained
that it is because of the extremely strategic role of the road transporters'
union that its members also carry "a great deal of responsibility."
According to the Vice
President "your role comes with a great deal of responsibility and with
tremendous opportunity." He thanked the union for its role in complying
with the law, and urged the members to continue upholding the law.
He explained that one of the
things President Muhammadu Buhari has said consistently is that "our
elites must understand that every privilege comes with responsibility, like
maintaining the peace and stability of this nation. Without the peace, none of
us can function."
To this end, the Vice
President restated the Buhari administration's resolve to see the end of Boko
Haram.
"I believe we would see
the end of Boko Haram, because we hold ourselves responsible to ensure that the
insurgency does not continue," Prof Osinbajo declared. He urged NURTW
members to remain vigilant, because "those who are being used for the
attacks, the children, are conveyed from place to place."
Continuing he said
"these are children who don't even know what they are doing. We can't call
them suicide bombers. They don't know they are bombing themselves."
The Vice President told the
NURTW delegation that "we can educate our people, drivers, people involved
in transportation, to spread the message that we have to be careful about
carrying goods we can't identify, and to report suspicious moves to the
authorities."
He disclosed that government
will provide access to members of the union in order to pass on useful
information, adding "we must defeat this wrong doing. And the only way to
do so is for us all to work together."
In his address on behalf of
the NURTW at the courtesy visit, Alhaji Najeem Usman Yasin, the president of
the union, said the leaders came to "personally congratulate," the
president and the vice president on their "overwhelming and well-deserved
victory."
He praised the Buhari
presidency for "adopting various strategies aimed at addressing corruption
and security challenges facing the country.
The NURTW leader added that
the union has implicit confidence in the Buhari Presidency's "ability to
meet the challenges ahead, and transform Nigeria beyond our expectations."
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