Mr Osinbajo, made this remark in Abuja on Friday at the inaugural meeting of the National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy Steering Committee held at the Presidential Villa.
As Nigeria’s debt profile continues to rise, President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime has made plans to borrow N5.62 million in 2022.
Osinbajo says President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime is doing well with its COVID-19 stimulus package, that things are not bad as Nigerians think.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says he and President Muhammadu Buhari will continue to support Governor Muhammed Abubakar to develop Jigawa.
Mr Buhari has been heavily criticised by the Nigerians for his lopsided appointments that favours northern Muslims above their southern counterparts.
The vice-president says taxes on small and medium scale businesses have been significantly lowered within the period under review.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says small businesses with less than N20 million turnover should not pay tax.
The federal government says it expects the forthcoming ‘EnjoyNigeria Expo’ to create 100,000 new jobs between 2021 and 2023.
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria’s economic performance gives him comfort amid millions of Nigeria pushed below the poverty line.
President Muhammadu Buhari has asserted that if India could lift 271 million people out of poverty, Nigeria can “surely” lift 100 million people out of poverty in 10 years.
