Posted on: 11:48 Sat, 27 Feb 2016


Yemi Osinbajo
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday said that the
federal government did not build “a single new road” in the
last 10 years, according to the Cable.
The late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and former
President Goodluck Jonathan presided over the country
within that period.

Speaking at the pastors and leaders retreat of the Fountain
of Life Church in Ilupeju, Lagos, Osinbajo said corruption in
the country was not caused because by a few individuals,
but that the entire system was built around lack of integrity.


He expressed confidence that the country would be great
again but noted that the foundation for the greatness had to
be laid with a lot of pains.
“Unless we tackle graft, we may not be able to achieve
something,” he said.

“The federal government in the past 10 years could not build a
single new road, not repairing existing ones alone.

“Now we have a president who will not steal money and who
will not allow anybody to steal money.”
Commenting on the N6 billion that the last administration
spent on a new residence for the vice-president, he said
Aguda House, the current official residence, is up to
standard with enough space.
He said the present administration would complete it but
consider putting it to other use.
“There is no need for a new vice-president’s house; it is a kind
of waste; we are now in a situation where we cannot abandon
it; it has to be completed and used for a different thing,” he
said.

Osinbajo also spoke on the controversy surrounding the
State House Medical Centre, which he said was not only for
workers at the state house.
Meanwhile, on the 9th of December, 2015, the Minister of
Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola
admitted the Goodluck Jonathan administration built more
roads than any other Nigerian president contrary to the
claims of Osinbajo.