Osinbajo tells ministers and civil servants that excuses for failure will no longer be tolerated

ACTING president Professor Yemi Osinbajo has declared that the present administration will no longer accept excuses that suggest that delivering sustainable socio-economic development to Nigerians is not attainable.

Speaking yesterday at the cabinet retreat on the Economic Recovery Growth Plan (ERGP) and the 2018 budget preparation at State House, Abuja, Professor Osinbajo said those in positions of authority have to deliver. Permanent Secretaries and heads of ministries departments and agencies attended the retreat at the old Banquet Hall of the presidential villa.

Professor Osinbajo said: “We simply have to accept that there is nothing Nigerian about failure because as we know in our personal lives, failure and success are commodities on offer to everyone all over the world and every individual and every country makes a choice of which to buy and I will say on our behalf that we will choose success. I want to thank you again for this exceptional moment you have taken us through and to thank all of you also for taking the time to come, so the work has just begun.”

Minister of budget and national planning Udoma Udo Udoma, added: “It was basically about the ERGP and preparations for the 2018 budget and linking the two. Basically, we have to keep on reviewing at every stage, so, this is a review about where we are, what needs to be done and what steps we need to take in areas that we need to fast track."