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2019: Running for president not on my mind, says Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said that the idea of running for presidential position in Nigeria in 2019 has never crossed his mind and that “none of that is on the cards” for now.
He stated this when he was asked by news men at the Financial Times Africa Summit in London, if he had intension of running as president in 2019.
Osinbajo acted as Nigeria’s President for the 152 days President Muhammadu Buhari spent in London this year for an undisclosed medical treatment.
On the likeliness that Buhari, 74, may decide not to seek a re-election in 2019, newsmen at the FT Africa Summit in London had therefore asked Osinbajo if he had any plan to contest in Nigeria’s coming election but he said “none of that is on the cards.”
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Osinbajo, who regretted that Nigeria lost as much as 1 million barrels per day of oil production last year following militant attacks on oil installations, said that all that has ceased as Nigeria now pump about 1.85 million barrels per day and climbing toward 2 million, which is closer to its top production of around 2.2 million barrels per day.
He added that Nigeria’s government was making concerted efforts to diversify its oil-dependent economy because “we don’t have all the time in the world with oil. We have to use oil while it makes sense to do so.”
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Abeni Adebisi
October 10, 2017 at 8:42 am
I see potentials in Osinbajo, he should consider running for president in 2019, provided his principal – Buhari won’t be running because continuity in government is major
Animashaun Ayodeji
October 10, 2017 at 8:44 am
As long as Buhari will be running, Osinbajo cannot dream of running for president in 2019, people will see him as traitor if he showed intention to contest in 2019
Animashaun Ayodeji
October 10, 2017 at 8:49 am
Osinbajo is more focused on Nigeria’s development than distracting himself with the race of becoming the next president. He has the number two position in Nigeria, and so far, he has performed beyond expectations.
Anita Kingsley
October 10, 2017 at 8:50 am
The affairs of this country is under Osinbajo, Buhari is old, all he’s doing now is to giver Osinbajo orders while her performs the rest. Osinbajo will make a better president than Buhari
JOHNSON PETER
October 10, 2017 at 8:23 pm
Osinbajo doesn’t like worldly pleasure, I know he meant what he says, president things not on his mind.
yanju omotodun
October 10, 2017 at 9:11 pm
If he never liked worldy pleasure as said by you, he should not have accepted the vice president slot
seyi jelili
October 10, 2017 at 9:56 pm
My pastor, God has projected you for a time like this, you will surely be our president if not in 2019, then in 2023