I Remained A Party Loyalist Without Appointment For Seven Years —Osinbajo

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said on Thursday that he remained a
loyalist to his political party even when he did not get any board
appointment for seven years.

He said he was without any other appointment after he left
office as the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner of
Justice in Lagos State in 2003.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and
Publicity, Office of the Vice-President, Mr Laolu Akande, stated
that Osinbajo said this Wednesday night during a meeting with young
aspirants under the All Progressives Congress at the Presidential
Villa, Abuja.

“I believe that, in party politics, we must go beyond positions,
whether elective or appointed, but we must be committed to
something, the principles and beliefs of those who are the
forebears of that party,” he said.

Osinbajo was the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner
of Justice under the Alliance for Democracy of the Bola Tinubu-led
government in the state.

Many of the founding members of the AD had changed to the Action
Congress, and later to the Action Congress of Nigeria, which merged
with other political parties to form the APC.

Osinbajo said since he left office as the AG of Lagos State, he
remained a member of the party without even getting a board
appointment.

He said, “I strongly believe that the future of our party
depends on people who are committed to seeing that we build a party
that is based on ideals that you and I think are important. As a
young person, I belonged to several pressure groups. I graduated at
the age of 21. And when I graduated, I began to participate in
various pressure groups, human rights organisations, and
anti-corruption, civil society groups of every kind. When political
parties started forming, we could not aspire, but we remained
involved. My first involvement in government was when I was
appointed as Attorney General in Lagos State.

“For seven years — after serving as Lagos Attorney-General — I
was part of the party, I did not have a board appointment or
anything, but I kept working for the party. I kept working for the
party as a lawyer. Most of those cases we were not paid a dime. But
we went from place to place. Sometimes, we didn’t even have a place
to stay when we went to court the next morning. So, there is a
measure of paying the price, it depends on how serious or committed
we are to some of the things we say we are committed to.”

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said on Thursday that he remained a
loyalist to his political party even when he did not get any board
appointment for seven years.

He said he was without any other appointment after he left
office as the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner of
Justice in Lagos State in 2003.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and
Publicity, Office of the Vice-President, Mr Laolu Akande, stated
that Osinbajo said this Wednesday night during a meeting with young
aspirants under the All Progressives Congress at the Presidential
Villa, Abuja.

“I believe that, in party politics, we must go beyond positions,
whether elective or appointed, but we must be committed to
something, the principles and beliefs of those who are the
forebears of that party,” he said.

Osinbajo was the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner
of Justice under the Alliance for Democracy of the Bola Tinubu-led
government in the state.

Many of the founding members of the AD had changed to the Action
Congress, and later to the Action Congress of Nigeria, which merged
with other political parties to form the APC.

Osinbajo said since he left office as the AG of Lagos State, he
remained a member of the party without even getting a board
appointment.

He said, “I strongly believe that the future of our party
depends on people who are committed to seeing that we build a party
that is based on ideals that you and I think are important. As a
young person, I belonged to several pressure groups. I graduated at
the age of 21. And when I graduated, I began to participate in
various pressure groups, human rights organisations, and
anti-corruption, civil society groups of every kind. When political
parties started forming, we could not aspire, but we remained
involved. My first involvement in government was when I was
appointed as Attorney General in Lagos State.

“For seven years — after serving as Lagos Attorney-General — I
was part of the party, I did not have a board appointment or
anything, but I kept working for the party. I kept working for the
party as a lawyer. Most of those cases we were not paid a dime. But
we went from place to place. Sometimes, we didn’t even have a place
to stay when we went to court the next morning. So, there is a
measure of paying the price, it depends on how serious or committed
we are to some of the things we say we are committed to.”