Buhari has plans to provide succour to Nigerians - Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the President, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is concerned about the welfare of Nigerians in this coronavirus lockdown period.

Osinbajo who spoke after a meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja stated that the regime is working towards providing succour to Nigerians in this period.

He also revealed that their meeting also aimed at resolving some of the pressing issues with coronavirus.

He said, “Sometimes I come physically as you have seen me today, other times I brief him on the phone or by video conference.

“What we are concerned about is how to ensure that the economy remains stable, that jobs are protected and if possible, more jobs are created.”

“Many of our people work for a daily wage, they have to go out to work, so we have to think in terms of how to ensure that we are able to give them some succour during the period when they are not able to work.

“Some of those issues are the issues Mr President wanted me to discuss fully with him. Of course, we have the Economic Sustainability Committee and shortly we are going to submit a full report to Mr President on our thoughts and ideas.

“Mr President asked me to meet with him in particular to resolve some of the pressing issues around COVID-19 and also around the economic problems that we are seeing already,” he added.