Babagana Zulum, Borno governor, says Bola Tinubu, the All
Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, made the “wisest choice” by
choosing Kashim Shettima as his running mate.
Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the party for the
2023 election, on Sunday announced Shettima as his VP pick.
Shettima is a serving senator and a former two-term governor
of Borno state.
Zulum described Shettima as a politician with a “very deep
understanding of our country and its complexities”.
“For me, and I am sure for many leaders and members of the
APC, Tinubu’s choice of HE Kashim Shettima is the wisest choice at this point
in time,” he said.
“Shettima’s choice is very personal to me and together with
our leaders and all stakeholders and members of the APC, we shall campaign
vigorously, work day and night, to collectively secure overwhelming victory for
the APC in 2023, insha’Allah.
“Without the slightest doubt, HE Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
has chosen a leader who has very deep understanding of our country and its
complexities. There is hardly any tribe in any of Nigeria’s 36 states and the
FCT that Senator Kashim Shettima cannot knowledgeably speak about. He knows the
social, cultural, religious, economic and political structure of virtually all
the 36 States and the FCT.
“Shettima is extremely patriotic. He believes so much in the
unity of this country and he has proved it on a number of occasions.”
Zulum said Shettima spent over N30 billion on agricultural
machinery during his administration following his prediction of a potential
fall in the value of naira.
“As far back as 2012, Shettima had on many occasions
predicted the likelihood of fall in revenue from oil just as he predicted
potential fall in the value of naira to dollar, which was why he imported
agricultural products worth over N30 billion which today are worth far more,
making Borno one of the richest in agricultural machinery,” he said.
The announcement of Shettima as the APC vice-presidential
candidate came shortly after Ibrahim Masari stepped down as the “placeholder”
running mate of Tinubu.
Masari was in June selected as Tinubu’s running mate — but
only in a temporary capacity.
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