The vice president said Mr Shonekan was supportive of all governments and served his nation without being partisan.
“The heads of state again reiterated the firm position that had been taken earlier that there is absolutely no excuse for a change of government by coup d’etat.”
The president said the country’s revised population policy would help to improve the quality of life and standards of living of all Nigerians.
President Muhammadu Buhari has been delegating the vice president to represent Nigeria at a series of ECOWAS leaders’ summits.
The newspaper wrote that if Mr Osinbajo emerged president, “the hearts of Nigerian optimists would beat a little faster.”
“One thing that is evident is that if there is anyone committed to the progress of this country, he is.”
The Nigerian vice-president provides an update about the regime’s social intervention policies.
“If we needed little pocket money, we found a way of getting to our dear uncle. This was even long before he became governor of Oyo state,” explained the vice president.
The strategy is working—at least for now.
