By Chris Paul Otaigbe
Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria celebrated his 63rd birthday recently.
Of all the endless encomiums that this great son of Nigeria and indeed, Africa, was showered with, two struck a chord with me and they both came from the platform of the social media:
Happy birthday to an inspirational Vice President… from Dr. Fahad Al Taffaq, UAE Ambassador to Nigeria.
One million toasts to an amazing man of many parts. The best Vice President the country has ever produced; the ever loyal, ever humble and ever simple Professor of Law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria… from Festus Keyamo.
The content and source of these encomiums are worthy of note. Dr. Taffaq is a Muslim and from a nation that has Islam as its major religion. Keyamo is one of the highly articulate and vocal Lawyer in Nigeria whose capacity to communicate his position against injustice in the country has made him a prominent figure in Nigeria’s socio-political space. Today, he is a Minister of State.
Osinbajo deserves every encomium he gets and more because he carries with him the charisma and commands the respect of all who experiences his kind, nice, disarming charm and engaging disposition.
He is indeed a man of many parts, playing each role with the highest sense of responsibility, sincerity, honesty and a visionary passion. His loyalty to causes and persons is in itself inspiring. He is a mentor’s mentor, a leader’s leader.
At 63, Yemi Osinbajo can definitely not be said to be a young man. He is even above the middle age status, calendar-wise. But he carries himself, performing his duties in whatever area of call, with such elegance and tempered energy of youth even younger mortals can never boast of.
His decency, drive and diligence define the profile and potentials of Nigeria and every Nigerian. Clearly, he is the person who the cap fits and the cap he is wearing right now is good but without a doubt, if one were to sample opinions of Nigerians, they would tell you he deserves a bigger cap because his head has outgrown the one, he is wearing currently.
Obviously, fate prepared this humble professor of Law for the Nigeria of today. He is everything good the average Nigerian politician is not. He is deeply detribalized, intensely a nationalist and a passionate Patriot whose heart pumps in the right places and for the right reasons for his country.
For all the talks about restructuring by many self-serving politicians and bellicosity about marginalization by disgruntled elites whose greed and illicit agenda have perpetually plunged Nigeria into a state of instability on the ethno-religious realm of the country, Osinbajo comes across as a soothing balm.
His conciliatory charm neutralizes the evil intentions of those who want to throw Nigeria to the dogs. His forthright approach to issues of religious tolerance puts to shame his colleagues and even his seniors in the Christian community, exposing their hypocrisy and self-centered hate for a government that has pulled the rug of the favoritism they hitherto enjoyed from under their unholy feet to return it back to the State.
His diminutive height stands tall over above any giant around literally and metamorphically. With a heart that reminds one of Nelson Mandela and a clarity of thought coupled with the rhetorical strength and delivery that reminds you of a Barak Obama, the Vice President makes his case for one progressive and prosperous Nigeria like none other.
He is indeed the quintessential leader that brings the requisite intellectual depth to visionary leadership Nigeria desperately seeks.
In the midst of the noise against this government and amidst the darkness that some anti- Nigerian elements in the Mohammadu Buhari administration has enveloped the socio-political landscape of the country in, Osinbajo’s flickers as a divinely anointed Nigerian in power.
Yes. Obafemi Awolowo may be regarded as the Leader of the Yoruba with legacies that have remained beyond the reach of those who came after him till date, but Osinbajo has certain nationalistic attributes that would have primed the sage to the highest office in Nigeria. Well, as the scriptures say, the glory of the latter shall be greater than the former.
His marriage to Awo’s grand daughter is a vivid manifestation and fulfilment of that scripture because even though, tried as he did, Awo never got to the Presidency of the nation, his grandson-in law became Nigeria’s Vice President. Osinbajo did not fail the memory and legacies of Yoruba’s unrivaled leader in his conduct in all aspects of life especially in power.
As a matter of fact, to many Nigerians across the divide, the only credibility and integrity that is holding this government in any stead at all is traceable to Yemi Osinbajo’s limitless intellectual, psychological and overarching capacity to win the hearts of Nigerians and carry them along.
Should he resign from this government, his absence may render it naked and finally vulnerable to the hate majority of Nigerians harbor against the administration of Buhari currently because many are of the view that the President has frittered away the integrity that brought him to power on the altar of vexing indifference to sensitive and combustible national issues, his perceived incompetence and alleged surrender to a
cabal in the Presidency.
So, Nigerians, especially those from the South see Osinbajo as the man protecting the government from being served the people’s anger. They see him as the man to talk to not because he is a Southerner like them, but because he is apparently the one who speaks sense and one who without a doubt understands the rudiments and temperament of governance.
As the late Pius Adesanmi wrote in the July 22, 2017 edition of the Graffiti titled A Note to Professor Yemi Osinbajo:
“I am also asking Professor Osinbajo: how do you live with a system that is never curious about criminality or really interested in finding the political will to prosecute it? Sir, how do you wake up every morning, look in the mirror, and not feel uncomfortable that the man looking back at you has not deemed it necessary to begin a process to make somebody or some people accountable for the over-deductions that got us here in the first place?”
As a Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), in Charge of RCCG Lagos Province 48, he delivered his duties without any blemish of any sort. Unlike many of his pastoral colleagues who have brought the name of the church to some disrepute, Osinbajo can be said to be a Pastor’s Pastor. One who other Pastors look up to as a model of pastoral conduct in the execution of their duties to man and to God.
As a Lawyer, he has practiced his profession with the highest sense of integrity. A virtue that is dangerously lacking among majority of his learned colleagues. As a Law Professor, his students remain grateful that they passed through his paternal and motivating tutelage.
Yemi Osinbajo can actually be described in the order of his grandfather-In-Law, a sage. His depth of wisdom is so confoundingly profound that his adversaries reverence him and become his friends. The case of his tour of the Niger Delta is a testimony to his ability to defeat adversarial sentiment with the power of humility and alluring wisdom. His aides had warned him against paying a visit to that volatile region where the emotional heat against his administration was so high it could boil water. Their fears at the time was not unfounded as the militants in the Creeks had scared his Principal, President Buhari from visiting the oil producing region. He embarked on the journey anyway and won the hearts of the Niger Deltans and calmed their nerves.
His unlikely emergence onto the murky waters of Nigeria’s political scene speaks to the good heart that makes up this great man’s personality. His emergence has debunked lots of myth about governance in Nigeria.
In the first tenure of the Buhari administration, those who never wished this country well believed Buhari was the more difficult of the two. So, they prayed for Buhari to go on his medical trip so they could ‘bully’ a Vice President they imagined was weak. Then Buhari transmuted powers onto Osinbajo to act on his behalf while he was on medical leave, as Acting President.
For the over 50 days, he acted, Nigeria knew they had a true leader who could be the solution to the problem of the country and take Nigeria, not just to the next level but to the level where the biggest and best economies of the world congregate as a
true African giant.
In those 50 plus days of his presiding over Nigeria, the enemies of the country threw all sorts of studs his way and just glides through them, defeating vocal antagonists with reasoning that made them look like fools and misdirected minds. He brought order to governance without being brutal.
For the first time in the history of governance in Nigeria, Nigeria knew what an Executive Order was. That was a manifestation of his intellectual strength in leadership.
He debunked the myth that his predecessors had promoted about Nigeria being a difficult country to govern. His reign in those fifty days plus proved that Nigerians will listen to you if you are sincere to them and they will love you if you lead them aright. Those days brought a refreshing air to the country and there was peace as Nigerians believed in him more than anybody else.
Osinbajo is also very firm. One of such instances was recorded on August 7, 2018, when Osinbajo fired the State Security Service boss, Lawal Daura for illegal invasion of National Assembly by armed and masked operatives of the department. He was subsequently replaced by Matthew Seiyefa. Unfortunately, Buhari returned from his medical trip only to replace the South-South born Acting Director with another Northern Nigerian.
He did not pander to the establishment that had caused the ruin of this country. As if God wanted to send a message to Nigerians that Osinbajo is a man after his heart, Nigerians and Nigeria had a certain calmness and vibrancy no one could explain till this day.
It was during this period Ibrahim Babangida had his daughter’s wedding and every notable Nigerian, including past Heads of State attended that occasion and one of the high points of that event was the number of private jets that flew into Minna, capital of Niger State to witness that historic wedding.
The list of attendees also included Osinbajo’s political benefactor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Osinbajo shunned the occasion and the statement was not lost on the establishment that gathered at that wedding nor was it lost on the generality of Nigerians who were glad to see a true Nigerian leader who could call the bluff of those they believed caused the ruin of this great nation.
Osinbajo’s strides in the political firmament of Nigeria diminishes the importance of those who tout themselves as Yoruba leaders. While his foray in the Presidency makes mockery of the only other Yoruba man to become the President of Nigeria.
His understanding of Nigeria’s socio-political and economic challenges and
prospects is comforting to the soul.
At the Townhall Meeting Commemorating 50 years after end of Nigerian civil war, the Vice President said Nigeria stands in the shadow of one of the darkest chapters of her history surrounded by the artefacts and monuments to a terrible conflict.
“This is neither the time nor the place for rehashing the polemics of justification and recrimination, and claims and counterclaims about the remote and immediate causes of the war. Many scholarly publications, histories, biographies, and brilliant works of fiction have been devoted to these issues and rightly so. Yet, a nation must always examine itself and reflect on its journey.” He said
In a democratic society, Osinbajo recognized that this means a robust conversation over vigorously contested aspects of history. Such debate remains necessary if only to enhance self-knowledge for Nigerians. But perhaps more importantly, to bring closure.
“What we all agree on is that the Civil War from 1967-1970 was a defining national tragedy. A catastrophic conflict that scarred us as a people. Its’ cost in lives was massive, so was the cost in lost opportunities for national advancement.
The spectacle of promising lives cut short in their prime, families ruptured, communities sacked and the environment poisoned by ordinance is one that resounds to our eternal regret.
Yet, we do not remember this seminal event in our history merely to indulge in the futility of regret, we engage in the discipline of remembrance so that we can learn from history and resolve that such horrors will never repeat themselves again on our watch. And we must do so not just this month, our nation’s month of remembrance of our fallen heroes, but every moment of our lives.” Said the Vice President.
Indeed, the greatest tribute Nigerians can pay to the memories of those who made the supreme sacrifice for the survival of this union that we call Nigeria today is to ensure that the circumstances that led to the conflict are never re-enacted.
“We cannot change the past, but it is within our power to ensure that history does not repeat itself and that we never again confront the awful consequences of abandoning dialogue and letting our darkest impulses drive us.
Sixteen years after the end of the war, Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu was asked if he thought the war resolved the issues for which it was fought. His reply is instructive, he said and I quote, “Wars hardly ever resolve issues. Wars are an aberration.
Eventually, the issues still have to be dealt with.” In any event, it is evident that the cost of resolving our differences peacefully through dialogue is far less than trying to do so through war.” Said Osinbajo.
Chinua Achebe once described Nigeria as “a nation favored by providence.” The Vice President certainly sees the hand of providence in Nigeria’s survival of that conflict. Unlike many other African countries which have known protracted multi-generational strife and perpetual division, Nigeria’s conflict ended after three years and has suffered no relapse into such fratricide since then.
“Our road has not been easy and we have faced many challenges along the way. But these setbacks should not induce hopelessness or despondency but should constantly remind us that the stakes are high because of the incredible dividends of unity for us all.
Again, in the words of Achebe, I quote him again, “there are individuals as well as nations who on account of peculiar gifts and circumstances, are commandeered by history to facilitate mankind’s advancement. Nigeria is such a nation. The vast human and material wealth with which she is endowed bestows on her a role in Africa and the world, which no one else
can assume or fulfill.” He said.
Nigeria’s historic mission therefore, is not just to build a nation that works for all Nigerians, but to create a successful polity, an economic and social powerhouse capable of powering the African continent to prosperity and renown. And yet, nation-building is hard work and bringing together the multiplicity of ethnicities, languages and creeds that make up this great land under one banner is an onerous but necessary task.
“But the more difficult, but crucial work is that of emphasizing and ensuring, fairness, justice and equity amongst all ethnicities and religions. We must be open to addressing the concerns of all. Within this union, all of us must feel entitled to legitimately aspire to the limits and extents of our dreams and visions in public life and commerce.
For those of us that are old enough to remember the war, we must be mindful of the fact that the majority of Nigerians alive today are too young to have witnessed the civil war and therefore have no memory of it. The last fifty years belonged to us, but the next fifty years belong to our children and their children and we have a responsibility to unshackle them from the
ghosts of ancient grudges and grievances.
As elders, we must ensure that we do not poison the minds of the young with our own prejudices and affect their ability to take advantage of the opportunities available to them in their country. We must also avoid foisting the toga of victimhood and helplessness on the next generation.” He said.
The memory of the elders, he admonished, is crucial and supplies the Nigerian people with instructive lessons, but he believes there is need to enable the vision and the imagination of Nigeria’s youth to flower untainted by the biases of the past.
“Moments ago, I toured the War Museum with a group of students from the schools in the State. It was a tremendous learning experience for us. I was struck by how novel the war stories behind the artefacts were not just to me, but to the students. It was a reminder that while we must acquaint the younger generation with our history, we must also realize that this young generation does not see the world through the same lenses as we did in the 1960s.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talks about the dangers of a single story and there is certainly a danger in casting Nigeria solely in terms of the narratives of those of us that witnessed the war. The generations born after the Civil War are navigating the adventure of being Nigerian on different terms from their forebears. Let us give them a chance to do better than ourselves.” Said the Vice President.
Young Nigerians are intermarrying, migrating and co-mingling in the quest for love and livelihood; they are doing business together and forging alliances in civil society and politics across ethnic and religious divides. Social media may be a site of divisive debates, but it is also bringing young Nigerians together in spite of their diversity and helping them to forge a new collective consciousness.
“Our children are showing us that it is possible to forge friendships and bonds across ethnic and religious lines that are even stronger than family ties and this in itself evokes the possibilities of unity in diversity.
One of our biggest challenges as a nation is that of providing opportunity and hope for our teeming young population. Our youth are among the most creative, energetic and dynamic on the continent and the Southeast is home to Nigeria’s most entrepreneurial sons and daughters. Young Nigerians all over the country and in the Southeast in particular, require outlets that will enable them to maximize their potential.” Said Osinbajo.
Although governments have listened to the voices of some of young people in the Southeast expressing their discontent, however, the Vice President said the nation had not heard a battle cry, but rather a cry for help.
“Our young people are full of zest, ideas and creative energy and sometimes they get understandably frustrated with the inability of our institutions to keep pace with their vision and dynamism. But we must not let agents of discord weaponize this frustration and turn it into a severe rupture within the country. The opportunities that you need for growth and prosperity are all here in Nigeria and we are working every day both at the national and sub-national level and local government level to increase these opportunities.
He maintained that what our young people need is not self-determination but self-actualization, more opportunities, more support to attain their dreams and visions and we are committed to creating these opportunities.” He said.
Within years of the end of the conflict, the Igbos re-established themselves as the foremost entrepreneurs in the country and are now thriving everywhere across the vast expanse of our land.
“The Southeast is Nigeria’s natural industrial hub. Slowly and steadily, an industrial revolution is gathering momentum here in Abia and in the Southeast as a whole. From leatherworks and textiles to engineering, the “Made-in-Aba” label is emerging as an international brand.” Concluded the Vice President.
A model at work and mentor at home, Osinbajo’s personal life is no less illuminating and noble as he is even far more inspiring to his wife and children.
As a husband, the Vice President never fails to acknowledge publicly the loving support of his wife. For instance, he showered praises on his wife, Dolapo as he was sworn in for a second term in office. On his verified Twitter handle, he displayed a photo of himself and wife, beholding into each other’s eyes as he thanked her for standing by him in the last four years.
In a public love letter to his wife he expressed his appreciation to his dear wife:
“My dear Dolapo, Thank you for years past. Thank you especially for the last four years, you are my rock. And with you by my side, I am ready for the next four years of service.” It is with kind words such as these he uses to reinvigorate his marriage.
Oluyemi Oluleke Osinbajo, is the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Born on March 8 1957 at Creek Hospital, Lagos, Yemi is a professor of law and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. He is married to Oludolapo Osinbajo (nee Soyode), granddaughter of the late sage and statesman, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. They are blessed with three children.
Yemi’s early years in primary school were spent at Corona School Lagos. Between 1969- 1975, he attended Igbobi College, Yaba where he was the winner of the State Merit Award (1971); the School Prize for English Oratory (1972); Adeoba Prize for English Oratory (1972-1975); Elias Prize for Best Performance in History (WASC, 1973); School Prize for Literature (HSC, 1975); and African Statesman Intercollegiate Best Speaker’s Prize (1974).
Thereafter, he studied for his undergraduate degree at the University of Lagos between 1975-1978 when he obtained a Second-Class Upper Degree in Law. Here, he also won the Graham-Douglas Prize for Commercial Law.
In 1979, he completed the mandatory one-year professional training at the Nigerian Law School whereon he was admitted to practice as a Barrister and Solicitor of Nigeria’s Supreme Court. In 1980, he attended the London School of Economics & Political Science, where he obtained a Master of Laws degree. An accomplished scholar, teacher, lawyer and administrator, Yemi is one of the nation’s leading experts on the Law of Evidence, National and Regional Corporate Commercial Laws and Public.
From 1979–1980, Osinbajo served the compulsory one year youth service as a legal officer with Bendel Development and Planning Authority (BDPA), Bendel state.
In 1981, he was employed as a law lecturer at the University of Lagos, Nigeria. From 1983 to 1986, he was Senior lecturer of Law at the University of Lagos. From 1988 to 1992, he was an Adviser (legal advice and litigation) to the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Bola Ajibola. Osinbajo began lecturing at the age of 23.
From 1997 to 1999 he was made Professor of Law and Head of Department of Public Law, University of Lagos. From 1999 to 2007, Osinbajo was Member of Cabinet, Lagos State Ministry of Justice, also Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice. From 2007 to 2013 Osinbajo was once again employed as a Professor of Law, Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos. In 2007, Osinbajo was made Senior Partner, Simmons Cooper Partners (Barristers and Solicitors), Nigeria. Osinbajo was also a Senior lecturer at the Lagos State University.
Other past roles include:
· Staff Member, United Nations Operations in Somalia, Justice Division, UNOSOM II.
· Member, United Nations Secretary General’s Committee of Experts on Conduct and Discipline of UN, Peacekeeping Personnel around the globe, Member, 2006.
· Partner in Law Firm of Osinbajo, Kukoyi & Adokpaye.
· Senior lecturer at faculty of law, Lagos State University Lecturing public law.
After the formation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2013, Yemi was tasked, with other notable Nigerians, to design and produce a manifesto for the new political party. This culminated in the presentation of the “Roadmap to a New Nigeria”, a document published by APC as its manifesto if elected to power. The highlights of the Roadmap included a free schools meal plan, a conditional cash transfer to the 25 million poorest Nigerians if they enroll children in school and immunize them. There were also a number of programs designed to create economic opportunities for Nigeria’s massive youth
population.
On December 17, 2014, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, retired General Muhammadu Buhari, announced Osinbajo as his running mate and vice-presidential candidate for the 2015 general elections.
On 31st March, 2015 Buhari was confirmed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the winner of the presidential elections. Thus, Osinbajo became the Vice President-elect of Nigeria. They were both sworn in on 29 May 2015.
Yemi Osinbajo assumed office after taking the oath of office on 29 May 2015 at the Eagle Square, Abuja. As the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, he is expected to oversee the economic planning team and report, as well as make recommendations, to the president who takes the final decision.
Because of his legal background and antecedents as a commissioner for justice in Lagos state for eight years, many expect that he will contribute a great deal to the much-needed reform of the judicial system at the national level. During the 2014/2015 campaigns of the All progressives Congress, Yemi Osinbajo held numerous town hall meetings across the country as against the popular rallies that many Nigerians and their politicians were used to. One of his campaign promises, which he has recently reiterated, was the plan to feed a school child a meal per day. Beyond feeding the school children, he has recently emphasized that this plan will create jobs (another campaign promise) for those who will make it happen.
President Muhammadu Buhari wrote a written declaration on May 9, 2017 to the president of the senate and house of representatives on his decision to embark on a medical trip, the letter was read on the 9th May, 2017 at plenary of both houses, senate and house of representatives respectively. Vice president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo was conferred the acting president during president Buhari’s medical leave.
In January 2019, Osinbajo criticized the fact that social media is currently “under multi-jurisdictional regulation”. He called for more collaboration among nations to reach a convention to regulate social media and counter hate speech.
On February 2, 2019, Osinbajo’s helicopter crashed in Kabba, Kogi State. He survived and delivered a previously-scheduled campaign speech after the crash. In the speech, he said he was “extremely grateful to the Lord for preserving our lives from the incident that just happened. Every one of us is safe and no one is maimed.”
On May 29, 2019, Professor Yemi Osinbajo took his oath of office to begin his second term at Eagle Square in the capital
of Abuja.
Following the federal government’s decision to close the nation’s land borders in October 2019, Osinbajo explained that the government did so to gain the attention of other nations to the importance of policing the borders. He claimed that China and other nations were smuggling in products, including agricultural ones, undermining the Nigerian economy and threatening Nigerian agriculture. By closing the borders, Osinbajo claimed that the government was helping protect the economy and Nigeria’s producers and farmers.
In October 2019, Osinbajo criticized the government’s proposed social media regulations, stating he did “not think that government. regulation is necessarily the way to go.” Instead, he asked citizens to take more active steps to police social media. He stated that citizens and leaders, both political and religious, “owe a responsibility to our society and to everyone else, to ensure that we don’t allow it to become an instrument” of war. He also warned people against using social media to spread “religious disinformation”, which could lead to conflict and war.
During a visit on November 3, 2019 to Daura, the Emir of Daura, Faruk Umar, called Osinbajo “the most trustworthy Vice President of Nigeria” and thanked him for his loyalty to President Buhari’s administration. The Emir gave him the title of Danmadamin Daura, the highest traditional title in the emirate.
A member of Nigerian Bar Association, International Bar Association, Nigerian Body of Benchers, Council of Legal Education in Nigeria and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Osinbajo has won so many awards. He has contributed to countless number of publications and published numerous articles in Law Journals. While he has authored and edited over 15 Books which include:
Nigerian Media Law, GRAVITAS Publishers (1991), Cases and Materials on Nigerian Law of Evidence, Macmillan (1996), Integration of the African Continent Through Law” (Edward Foakes Publishers, 1989, vol. 7, Federal Ministry of Justice Law Review Series), Towards A Better Administration of Justice System in Nigeria” (Edward Foakes Publishers, 1989), FMJL Review Series, “Women and Children Under Nigerian Law”, FMJL Review Series, The Unification and Reform of the Nigerian Criminal Law and Procedure Codes – (Malthouse Press), (1990) among others.
From his looks, mien and disposition, Osinbajo radiates goodness and good deeds. These are virtues that come only from great minds. For such a great man, these words will always hold true: William Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice said “How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.”
Charles de lint assured that “every time you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark. And the thing is, when you’re gone that light is going to keep shining on, pushing the shadows back.”
Idowu Koyenikan, (author of Wealth for All: Living a Life of Success at the Edge of Your Ability) said “even though your time on the job is temporary, if you do a good enough job, your work there will last forever.”
C.S. Lewis, ( of The Horse and His Boy fame) said “if you do one good deed your reward usually is to be set to do another and harder and better one.”
RJ Palacio said “…we should be remembered for the things we do. The things we do are the most important things of all. They are more important than what we say or what we look like. The things we do outlast our mortality. The things we do are like monuments that people build to honor heroes after they’ve died. They’re like the pyramids that the Egyptians built to honor the Pharaohs. Only instead of being made out of stone, they’re made out of the memories people have of you. That’s why your deeds are like your monuments. Built with memories instead of with stone.”
Osinbajo’s little candle throws his powerful beams as he shines his good deeds in a weary Nigeria and every time, he does those good deeds, he shines his light a little further into the dark. And the thing is that, that light will continue to shine on, pushing the shadows of retrogression, poverty and sabotage as prepared by the enemies of the Nigerian State back to the pit of hell from where they originate.
In the end, he will be remembered for the things he is doing today to make Nigeria a great nation because they are the most important of all and will most certainly outlast him.
The path Osinbajo has taken to administer Nigeria, to the extent he is allowed, is following in the words of Lee Kuan Yew, who said: “If you want to reach your goals and dreams, you cannot do it without discipline.” While his courage and firm resolve to rescue Nigeria from her enemies is captured in the words of Kofi Anan who said: “You are never too young to lead, nor too old to act. And you should never doubt your capacity to triumph where others have not.”
