VP Osinbajo doesn’t want the new VP’s official residence

As President Buhari continues his medical leave, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has taken a place of increased prominence. He recently rejected moving to the new VP’s residence, construction of which the erstwhile Jonathan administration had commissioned.

In a statement released by Laolu Akande, his media aide he said;

For the umpteenth time, we would like to clarify that the proposed plan of the immediate past administration to build a new official residence for the occupant of the Office of the Vice President, including the controversial gatehouse preceded this administration. The project which started in 2010, was initiated and funded by the immediate past administration, but had never featured in the two budget proposals of the Buhari administration: neither in the 2016 nor the 2017 spending plans. Any suggestion, therefore, that this project benefits our administration, or that it reflects our spending style or preferences is not only misleading but blatantly false. Besides, the incumbent Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said publicly that he considers Aguda House, which he currently occupies, a befitting official residence for the vice president and sufficient for his needs. While the new project is now about 85% complete, the federal government, in the circumstances, will decide at the appropriate time, what is the best use for the 14 buildings already on the project site.”

via Thisday