Difference between President, Vice is like gentle and darkness – Osinbajo's ex-aide exposes Villa

Laolu Akande, former spokesman for ex-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the distinction between the President and the Vice President is like gentle 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 otherwise, noting that the President takes the ultimate choice whereas the Vice can solely advise and recommend.

“The difference between the President and the Vice is light and darkness. The President has the power, the Vice does not,” Akande stated.

He stated below former President Muhammadu Buhari, Osinbajo introduced many concepts to the desk however they weren’t all the time taken, stressing that it’s the system and the structure that give all powers to the President.

Akande stated individuals who have been attacking Osinbajo at the moment didn’t perceive that Osinbajo couldn’t overrule Buhari, including that the identical factor is going on now with Tinubu and Shettima. Shettima can advise, however Tinubu decides.

He stated Nigerians ought to cease blaming Vice Presidents for what Presidents do, as a result of the hole between them is simply too broad.