For a better Nigeria to become a reality, Vice President Yemi Osinbanjo has insisted the country needs a horde of sacrificing Nigerians. 

“A tribe of men and women who are prepared to make the sacrifices and self-constraints that are crucial to building a strong society,” said Mr Osinbajo Osinbajo at the 12th Bola Tinubu Colloquim in Kano. 

Also, the vice president demanded Nigerians must be prepared to “stick together, fight for equity, and justice side by side” even though President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime has often dealt a fatal blow to Nigerians protesting against human rights violations by the authorities.

Unable to travel to Kano for the event, Mr Osinbajo gave his speech virtually from the Presidential Villa.

“We believe that we now have an opportunity to increase the numbers of a new tribe of Nigerians; a tribe of men and women of all faiths, tribes, and ethnicities committed to a country run on high values of integrity, hard work, justice, and love of country,” said Mr Osinbajo.

Not a few Nigerians have accused Mr Osinbajo, a so-called pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, of sophistry.

He was censured for refusing to speak up in support of hapless Nigerians often brutalised during peaceful protests, particularly failing to speak up against Nigerian soldiers’ invasion of the Lekki toll gate during the #EndSARS protests that caught his government unawares.

Mr Osinbajo is considered ‘a good boy’ in the Villa, believed to be always ready to genuflect before Mr Buhari. Vice presidents across the globe are expected to give unalloyed loyalty to their bosses.

Of note was former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s falling out with his boss, then-President Olusegun Obasanjo, as the latter was accused of the infamous ‘third-term agenda.’