From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has assured for the upteenth time that the  N500 billion Social Investment programmes of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration will energise the economy and deal with issues of poverty in the country.
He gave the assurance when he had audience with a delegation of the Muslim Lawyers Association at the Presidential Villa, yesterday.
According to him, the social investment programmes would train people, create jobs, feed schoolchildren from homegrown farming and grant soft loans to traders, artisans and market women.
“All these are ways and means of energising the economy and deal with some of the harshest problems like poverty,”  adding that despite the current economic conditions in the country there is great hope.
Osinbajo said, “we are here at this time because that is the will of God to deliver the goods and do the right things for this country. It is very interesting the situation we find ourselves, but there is great hope.”
He reiterated the administration’s  committment to a new united Nigeria, populated by a ‘New Tribe’ that would be united across otherwise divisive lines, be it ethnic or religious. He added that Nigerians must fight corruption, which is responsible for the current situation of things in the country, stressing that if it is not challenged, corruption would worsen the situation.
The Vice President said: “As a people, we should never be divided on religion and ethnicity, everyone is free to practise their own faith. When we come together as a people, we must advance the interest of our nation.”
Earlier, the President of the Muslim Lawyers Association, Dr. Kamal Alhaji Daud, praised the administration, pledging the association’s support in the fight against corruption and also prayed for wisdom and strength for the Buhari presidency.