Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday expressed the Federal Government’s commitment towards improving the wellbeing of Nigerians through various intervention schemes.
Osinbajo gave this assurance at the palace of the Emir of llorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari when he visited him in llorin.
The Vice president said the Federal Government is working round the clock towards supporting various economic ventures aimed at ensuring better times for Nigerians.
Osinbajo disclosed that he was in Ilorin to launch the Tradermoni scheme being an economic intervention measure to support small scale businesses across the nation.
The TraderMoni is a segment of the National Social Investment Programme, which was established about two years ago.
The Vice president lauded the Emir of Ilorin, who he said had demonstrated competence in the judicial profession in past years
“You are our leader in the legal profession and we are always proud of you,” the Vice president said
Osinbajo also praised Emir Sulu-Gambari for upholding the llorin Emirate as an indivisible community since his enthronement over two decades ago.
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, thanked the Vice President for the visit.
He commended the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari for various interventions to boost the economy of the nation.
In the entourage of the Vice president to the palace of the Emir were the APC Governorship candidate in Kwara Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq, the APC candidate for the Kwara Central Senatorial District, Dr lbrahim Oloriegbe and the Secretary to the Kwara government. Alhaji lsiaka Gold
The News Agency of Nigeria NAN reports that the vice president was accorded a warm reception in all the places visited in llorin.