by Anike Jacobs

The presidential candidates for the All Progressives Party, Muhammad Buhari and Yemi Osinbajo have embraced another means of engaging Nigerians on social media.

However, unlike Buhari who officially joined the platform on Monday, his running mate Yemi Osinbajo has been tweeting for a while now. The RCCG pastor even had a #AskProfOsinbajo session yesterday where he tried to convey his ideas and plans to his followers.

During the interactive session, he stated said that one of the fundamental problems bedeviling the nation is the failure of the President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government to tackle corruption.

He said it was saddening that under Jonathan’s government, “there is no consequence for corruption.” adding that “One of the fundamental problems is that there is no consequence for corruption. I think that what everyone will agree to about a Buhari government is that it will not tolerate corruption.

“If the number one citizen has a clear and uncompromising anti-corruption stand then the anti-corruption policy will work. If the number one and number two citizens have a strong stance on anti-corruption then our policy can succeed,” he said.

Commenting on the rate of unemployment in the country, he said the Buhari/Osinbajo administration if elected in 2015 will tackle the challenge by supporting every state to create 20, 000 jobs as well as pay a stipend to every youth corps members for a year while they are looking for employment.

“We expect every state will be supported to create 20, 000 jobs directly funded. The FG will also match the creation that for every additional job created over 20, 000 mark. FG will pay a stipend to every youth corper for a year while they are looking for employment and in that year will give vocational training. FG will undertake a massive public works programme; this is expected to have multiplier effect of producing hundreds of thousands of jobs. FG will give tax breaks and recognition to employers of labour who provide a certain minimum number of jobs”.

The professor also highlighted that the APC is different from the ruling PDP because it is focused on policies that will impact the lives of the common man.

“We have social programmes such as social welfare (first in Africa), free education, mass employment, universal healthcare insurance and the free meals programme in primary schools. The difference is in the ticket, integrity is key”.

On his vision for Nigeria, the professor of law said that, “a country where everyone has a good job, lives a decent life in peace and security

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