Vice President Kashim Shettima has assured President Bola Tinubu’s goodwill for the north adding that he has insatiable desire for the development of the region contrary to insinuations by some northern elites the President was against the region.
Shettima said this at Africa House of Government House, Kano, when he received the Federal government high-powered delegation led by the President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Bajabiamila, who had come to condole with him on the demise of his mother-in-law, Hajiya Maryam Abubakar Albishir.
The vice president described President Tinubu as an altruistic good man with a pure heart who has a lot on his sleeves for the entire nation. “He means well for Kano; he means well for the north and he means well for the nation,” the vice president said.
Speaking on the security challenges confronting the country, particularly the north, Shettima said Tinubu was determined to redefine the meaning and concept of modern governance.
“That is why the President deliberately picked the Minister of Defence and junior Minister of Defence from the northwest. The Chief of Defence Staff is from the northwest. The chief of Air Staff is from the northwest -Kano to be specific.
“That is why the President picked the Minister of Police Affairs and State Minister of Police Affairs from the north. And to address the hunger challenges, the President picked the Minister of Agriculture and junior Minister of Agriculture from the north.
“So, if anybody starts carrying stories that the President does not mean well for the north, tell them it is a lie,” he said.
Shettima said it at the appropriate time, the administration would start laying out the facts for people to see and make informed judgments.
Speaking further, Shettima said: “Ladies and gentlemen, President Tinubu means well for the nation and he has good intentions for the nation.
“Where there is a will, there is always a way. And no matter how the darkness of the night lasts, it must give way for the light of the dawn. I want to call on all of you to rally round him so that together, we shall salvage this nation.
“It is not a game of apportioning blames; it is a game of making this country work. And if Nigeria works, Africa will work.”
