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I Did Not Lobby To Be Vice President- Osinbajo

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Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, disclosed that he never lobbied anybody before he became Vice President.  He  also declared that the country had moved forward as it turned 56 years and would continue to move forward.
He made the declaration in a speech at the service of the Olive Tree Parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Lagos. He asked the congregation if they knew that God made a promise to the nation which was that the nation would be great and made the same promise to them as individuals.
The vice president said a lot of people are confused and asking if the promise will ever come true.
He said “this country has gone forward and it is going to keep moving forward.”
Osinbajo recalled that while he was praying recently, the Lord reminded him of something he asked him to do on the eve of the 2015 Presidential election.
He said that God asked him to take the communion because he was crossing over and when he did (take the communion), God took him through the journey from Egypt to the Promised Land.
Osinbajo said God reminded him of what happened in that journey.
He added that the first thing that happened was that God Himself said if He took the children of Israel through the path where the Philistines lived, they would be afraid and would be asked to return to Egypt.
He said God rather took the people thr0ough the Red Sea.  The vice president explained that by the time they were about crossing the sea, there was a fight back from where they were coming from as Pharoah chased them and wanted to bring them back.
He said the incident got Moses confused as he did not know what to do as God never told him there would be a Red Sea, a difficulty, in the journey. The vice president added that if God was with us, no one would be against us. “The reason why I, Yemi Osinbajo, without asking for a position, was given the Vice Presidency of this nation is because God’s hand is in this business. And so, I am completely confident that despite where we are today, it is the dawn of a new beginning.

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Jonathan Did Not Lobby Our Committee To Stop Buhari’s Probe- Kukah

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The National Peace Committee on Tuesday dismissed reports that it was lobbied by former President Goodluck Jonathan to stop President Muhammadu Buhari from probing his administration.
Mathew Kukah, a member of the committee chaired by former Military Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, dismissed the report while answering questions from State House correspondents after the committee’s closed-door meeting with Mr. Buhari in Abuja.

He said though everybody is free to contact the committee to intervene in promoting peaceful coexistence in the society, the former president never talked to the committee for any form of intervention.

“Anybody is free to come to our committee, but President Jonathan never by telephone or by any other means sought to see the committee.

“We went to see him, but that was after we had already seen members of the political parties; we saw a few members of the civil society; we planned to see the speaker because we couldn’t see him yesterday.

“So this was a planned series of intervention essentially just to hear out everybody and I think the good news is that Nigerians are committed to a new nation.

“We are committed to ensuring that the gains and the blessings God has given us come to fruition.

“So, it was a very wonderful conversation that we had”.

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Reps Flock Tambuwal’s Homes To Lobby For Committee Appointments

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Many members of the House of Representatives now besiege the residences of the Governor of Sokoto State, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, to lobby for appointment as House committee chairmen.

Findings showed that the governor’s official residence in Sokoto town and another house in Abuja were frequently visited by the members, who believed he could still influence things at the House in their favour.

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