Laolu Akande, former spokesman for ex-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the distinction between the President and the Vice President is like light and darkness.
Akande made this disclosure on Wednesday when he featured in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.
He was talking about how the presidency works and what he noticed when he served as media aide to former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
According to him, many Nigerians don’t perceive that the President and his Vice function in another way, noting that the President takes the ultimate determination whereas the Vice can solely advise and counsel.
“The difference between the President and the Vice is light and darkness. The President has the power, the Vice does not,” Akande mentioned.
He mentioned below former President Muhammadu Buhari, Osinbajo introduced many concepts to the desk however they weren’t at all times taken, stressing that it is the system and the structure that give all powers to the President.
Akande mentioned individuals who had been attacking Osinbajo at the moment didn’t perceive that Osinbajo couldn’t overrule Buhari, including that the identical factor is taking place now with Tinubu and Shettima. Shettima can advise, however Tinubu decides.
He mentioned Nigerians ought to cease blaming Vice Presidents for what Presidents do, as a result of the hole between them is too broad.
