Tag: Kashim Shettima

2023: “Tinubu’s administration will completely eliminate poverty in Nigeria”, Shettima assures 

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Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), will tackle poverty in Nigeria if elected as president in 2023, Kashim Shettima, the vice presidential candidate of the party, has said. Shettima disclosed this on Tuesday, while speaking on behalf of Tinubu, at the unveiling of Tinubu/Shettima Crowd funding Application, in Lagos. Shettima said with the app, everybody will be able to contribute to the campaign fund. He praised Tinubu’s leadership quality, saying leadership has to do with track record, antecedent and achievements and not the issue…

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Interaction CAN: Tinubu reveals why he settled for Senator Shettima

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The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has revealed why he settled for Senator Kashim Shettima as his running mate. Saying, “I offer a confession; I selected Senator Shettima thinking more about who would best help me govern. Picking a Christian running mate would have been politically easier. But the easy way is rarely the right one. The selection of a running mate is at once a very momentous, yet very intimate decision”. He made this known at the ‘Presidential Dialogue’ with presidential candidates…

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2023: “We will end insurgency in 6 months” – Shettima 

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Vice-Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Senator Kashim Shettima, has said if elected in 2023, the Bola Tinubu-led government will end the insurgency within six months and one year. He said this during a Town Hall meeting between Tinubu and the business community in Lagos. “Within six months and one year, my leader (Tinubu) will mobilise the leadership to end this madness”, he said. Meanwhile, the presidential candidate of the Party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said if elected in 2023, his administration will enlist more people in the…

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2023: ‘Tinubu govt. will replicate Lagos, Borno in Nigeria’ – Shettima

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The vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Kashim Shettima, has stated that the administration of the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and himself, will replicate the achievements recorded by Tinubu in Lagos if they both win the 2023 presidential election. This was stated by the former Borno State governor yesterday, at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA), which is being held in Lagos. Shettima, who spoke at a panel session held at the event, asked Nigerians to follow the man that knows…

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Buhari predicts APC’s 2023 victory at meeting with Shettima

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…Says ‘I will speak during handover to Tinubu’ President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, predicted the victory of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, in the 2023 election. The president, according to a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, spoke when the APC vice-presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima, visited him at the State House, Abuja. In his remark after the former Borno State governor delivered a speech, Buhari said: “I will respond to your speech when I am handing over to you…

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2023: ‘Real reason I chose Shettima as my running mate’ – Tinubu

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The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), says competence, integrity and compassion are his guiding principles in selecting a running mate. Tinubu spoke at the unveiling of Shettima at the Shehu Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja yesterday. He said, though his choice of Kashim Shettima as running mate for the 2023 election was a tough one, he still went for him because he was the best choice. He further said Shettima’s career in politics shows that he was eminently qualified to ensure the APC’s victory in the 2023…

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2023: Shettima to be unveiled as Tinubu’s running mate today

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The presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will today, Wednesday, unveil his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima. According to an issued statement yesterday signed by the party’s National Organising Secretary, Sulaiman Muhammad Argungu, the unveiling event will take place at Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja, at 11:00 am. “All Members of the National Executive Committee (NEC), Members of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, Members of APC Caucus in the National Assembly, Members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Presidential Aspirants at…

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2023: “Peter Obi can be President only in Igbo land” – Kashim Shettima

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…Says he lacks experience The running mate of Bola Tinubu, the ruling All Progressives Congress’ presidential candidate, Senator Kashim Shettima, has said the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, can only be President in Igbo-land and not over Nigeria. The former Borno State governor stated this while featuring on a television programme on Friday. Shettima, whose nomination as a running mate of the APC presidential candidate, Tinubu, attracted condemnation and made some chieftains of the party to resign. According to Shettima, the LP candidate lacked the requisite experience to rule…

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2023: South-South clerics back Shettima as Tinubu’s running mate

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The Network of Clergymen in Nigeria (NCMN), South-South zone, has backed the nomination of former Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima as running mate to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The group, through its Coordinator, Pastor Joseph Francis, and deputy, Apostle Odion Ebodaghe, threw their weight behind the ticket in Benin, Edo State. It described Tinubu’s aspiration to be President in 2023 as divine, which would move the nation forward. NCMN said: “That divine mandate is not complete yet until Asiwaju Tinubu enters Aso…

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2023: Tinubu picks Kashim Shettima as substantive running mate

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has formally announced former Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima as his running mate. Tinubu disclosed this personally in Daura, Katsina State yesterday, after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. The APC candidate had gone to Daura, where the president is observing his Sallah break, to unveil his running mate to the President. Before his announcement, Tinubu’s placeholder running mate, Ibrahim Masari, had announced his resignation. In an issued press statement he issued yesterday in Abuja, Masari said his decision…

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