Tag: VP SHETTIMA

$1tr Economy: NEC endorses FG’s medium-term strategy

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FG's 'Renewed Hope Plan

…’It aligns with Agenda 2050 goals’ – VP Shettima Nigeria’s push for a $1 trillion economy by 2030 gathered steam yesterday as the National Economic Council (NEC) approved the Renewed Hope Development Plan (2026–2030), a new blueprint to drive reforms, accelerate growth, and align the nation’s medium-term targets with the long-term vision of ‘Agenda 2050’. Chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima, the Council’s 151st meeting endorsed the plan as the successor to the expiring National Development Plan (2021–2025), with Shettima describing it as “the bridge between lessons learnt and ambitions…

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“You can hate el-Rufa’i, but you can’t ignore him” – Shettima stirs 2027 speculation

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Shettima stirs 2027

…Reveals Jonathan’s plot to unseat him Vice-President Kashim Shettima has stirred political debate over the 2027 presidential race when he praised former Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufa’i, describing him as a force who cannot be ignored, while also revealing how former President Goodluck Jonathan once tried to remove him as Borno State governor. Speaking yesterday at the public presentation of OPL 245: Inside Story of the $1.3bn Nigeria Oil Block,  a book by former Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN) – Shettima hailed el-Rufa’i as a major…

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APC N’East meeting erupts over solo endorsement of Tinubu

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APC N'East meeting erupts

…Sparks tensions around VP’s omission A high-level meeting of All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in the North-East geo-political zone ended in chaos yesterday, after a controversial endorsement of President Bola Tinubu for a second term failed to acknowledge Vice-President Kashim Shettima, a prominent son of the region. Held in Gombe State, the gathering brought together key APC figures including ministers, governors, lawmakers, and national party leaders. Tensions flared when APC’s National Vice-Chairman (North-East),  Mustapha Salihu, openly declared support for Tinubu’s re-election bid without mentioning Shettima, triggering outrage among delegates. Eyewitnesses…

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“Speak truth to power without antagonism” – VP Shettima to journalists

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VP Shettima to journalists

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has urged Nigerian journalists to focus on speaking truth to power objectively without antagonising the government.  He made this appeal at the launch of ‘Persona Non Grata’, a book by a journalist, Isma’il Omipidan, which was held at the Abuja Continental Hotel. Drawing the distinction between antagonism and speaking truth to power, Shettima also urged members of the fourth estate of the realm to, as a matter of necessity, always strive to strike a balance between their allegiance to self and to truth. He emphasised the need…

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“Nigerians’ll smile in coming weeks” – VP Shettima

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VP Shettima on economy

Vice-President, Kashim Shettima has said Nigerians would smile and prosper in 2025, as the economy has turned the corner. Shettima, who visited the President at his Lagos residence to mark the New Year, expressed optimism about the nation’s economic trajectory, assured Nigerians that the reforms being implemented by President Bola Tinubu will begin to show positive results in the coming weeks and months. “The economy has started picking up, and in the coming weeks and months, Nigerians will start smiling for the better”, Shettima said, noting that the country is…

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“Publish your assets”, SERAP tells Tinubu, Shettima

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SERAP tells2

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima to ask the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to publish their assets. SERAP also asked the President to encourage his ministers, the leadership of the National Assembly, State governors, as well as the chairmen of Nigeria’s 774 local governments to request the CCB to publish their assets. The body noted that President Tinubu had, during his first Presidential Media Chat on Monday, reportedly pledged to consider asking the CCB to publish his assets. In…

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Shettima to represent Tinubu at 2024 CHOGM in Samoa

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Shettima to CHOGM

President Bola Tinubu has mandated Vice-President Kashim Shettima to lead Nigerias delegation to the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa. Senior Special Assistant to the Vice-President on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha, revealed this in a statement yesterday, titled: VP Shettima To Represent President Tinubu At CHOGM 2024. According to the statement, the VP Shettima will join England’s King Charles and other world leaders from 56 member countries at the first CHOGM to be held in the Pacific small island of Apia, Samoa from October 21 to…

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VP Shettima to lead Nigerias delegation to 79th UN Assembly

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VP Shettima to lead

President Bola Tinubu has decided not to attend the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session in New York, USA this year. The President has thus directed his Vice, Kashim Shettima to lead Nigerias delegation to attend the 79th UNGA session. According to reports, President Tinubu, who returned to the country last Sunday after his trip to China and the United Kingdom, decided not to attend the session, as he wants to focus on domestic issues and address some of the countrys challenges, especially after the recent devastating flooding in…

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VP Shettima dismisses speculations about Tinubus health

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Shettima dismisses

…Says “Were not preparing for Olympics” Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has dismissed insinuations about President Bola Tinubus health, saying his principal is a man full of ideas. Recall that President Tinubu had during the Democracy Day celebration last month missed his steps, an incident that elicited conversations about the former Lagos State governors health status to lead the country. However, at a town hall meeting by the ‘Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council’, which was held at the Banquet Hall of the State House in Abuja on Friday, Shettima faulted comments…

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