Media Aide Speaks On Whereabouts Of VP Osinbajo

Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande has spoken up on the recent activities of his boss, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.

In reaction to some unconfirmed reports regarding the whereabouts of President Muhammadu Buhari and Osinbajo, since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, Akande, on Saturday in Abuja, said he made an Instagram post in which he gave an insight on the vice president’s activities in the past few weeks.

The media aide said the Vice President has been attending to official matters on how to improve Nigeria’s economy.

He said that the Vice President on Thursday met with the Governor of Central Bank, CBN, Kaduna State Governor, and some ministers via video conferencing.

Akande post on Instagram reads: “with my boss, the Vice President last night in his office, reviewing some of the events of the week.

“By the way, continue to ignore professional fake news conduits who share fictions about the whereabouts of the president and his Vice.

“The critical mass of our people sees both the President and the Vice President regularly on television, hear about them regularly on radio, read from them in the press and observe their activities regularly on the social media.

“For instance, on Thursday the Vice President held a videoconferencing meeting that included the Governor of Kaduna, Power and Finance Ministers, the CBN governor and other government officials on how to expand electricity in the country.

“The work goes on, and Nigeria will surely prevail. We will do it together.”

Presidential Media Aide had previously explained that Osinbajo had been busy working with the Economic Sustainability Committee, ESC, constituted by President Buhari on March 30 to develop a clear economic sustainability plan until 2023.