#BBB NEWS| Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Attends The 2016 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Inter-denominational Church Service [PHOTOS]

As part of the activities to mark the 2016 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo represented President Muhammadu Buhari at the Inter-denominational Church Service held on Sunday, January 10 at The National Christian Centre in Abuja.

Speaking on behalf of the President, Osinbajo called on Nigerians to build on things that unite rather than divide the country in spite of diverse cultures and religions.

#BBB NEWS| FG To Create 1m Direct Jobs In 2016

For the first time in Nigeria's budgetary history, the federal government would be directly intervening in lifting people out of poverty through a series of measures already proposed in the 2016 budget that is now before the National Assembly.

Explaining details of the social investment plans announced by the President last week while presenting the 2016 budget, Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo said "for the first time the budget is paying attention to the problem of poverty in a proper and direct way. We have decided to address poverty and youth unemployment."

Indeed by committing an unprecedented half a trillion Naira for social investment spendings and interventions, the Buhari administration is proposing to spend about 9% of the 2016 budget to address poverty issues directly.

The Vice President spoke yesterday -late Tuesday -in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso during an interactive session at the Nigerian embassy with Nigerians resident in the west African nation, where he had gone to participate in the installation of the new democratically elected president, Mr. Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.

#BBB NEWS| How We Resolved Burkina Faso’s Crisis – VP Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday recalled how he joined other leaders of the Economic Community of West African States to facilitate quick restoration of civilian rule in Burkina Faso, a day after President Muhammadu Buhari hosted an Extraordinary session of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Governments in Abuja.

A decision was taken at the summit to ensure the termination of last week’s military coup in the West African nation.

According to a statement by his spokesman, Mr. Laolu Akande, the Vice President, who represented Buhari in Ouagadougou, said the leaders were in the country’s capital to convey the recommendations agreed by ECOWAS leaders in Abuja.

He expressed delight that the intervention had led to the reinstatement of Mr. Michel Kafando as the country’s transition President.

Akande quoted the Vice President as telling journalists that the restoration of civilian authority in Burkina Faso after last week’s military coup was a good sign and positive thing for the region.