Osinbajo: social safety net sovereign obligation - The Nation Newspaper

Speaking at the fifth premiere of Airtel Touching Lives at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, Prof Osinbajo expressed the gratitude of the Federal Government to the telco for “touching so many lives and doing so without fanfare over the past five years”.He said the lives that have been touched must serve as a reminder that so many lives still remained to be touched.

“The cardinal pillar of the APC must be to provide social safety for the people of this country, that government owed a duty to the poor, the weak and vulnerable,” he said, insisting that social safety net is not an act of kindness but a sovereign obligation the government owed the citizens. Speaking to the challenges facing the industry, he assured the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Airtel, Segun Ogunsanya that he had addressed the Governors Forum chaired by Dr Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State and had obtained commitment from the governors that the issue of right of way has been finally settled. He said some governors have even offered waivers to any telco that intends to build fibre optic cables in their states.

He said government cannot do it alone, saying the N1.168trillion budget passed into the law by the state House of Assembly is not enough to address the needs of over 20 million Lagosians. He promised to continue to address the challenges of governance and take care of the vulnerable segment of the society.

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