Tag: VP SHETTIMA

Nigerias Insecurity, Poverty: Shettima identifies agricultural revolution as solution

Aminu Imam

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has identified agricultural revolution as the only bold step Nigeria can take to put an end to insecurity and reduce poverty among its growing population. Shettima, who stated this on Saturday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, during the 13th Convocation Lecture of Al-Hikmah University, said this can be achieved through the deployment of technology to actualise food security among the countrys growing population, noting that it is where the university comes to extract the maximum benefits from the right synergy that is consistent with its own…

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President Tinubu approves 18 new aides for VP Shettima

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 18 Special Advisers and Senior Special Assistants to actualise the agenda of the Federal Government across the different sectors of the economy. The Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Mr Olusola Abiola, made this known in a statement, on Monday in Abuja. Abiola said that the team comprising six Special Advisers and 12 Senior Special Assistants would work in the office of the vice president, Kashim Shettima, to support the Renewed Hope Agenda of the Tinubu administration. He said that…

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Atiku, Shettima meet in Abuja

Aminu Imam

Vice-President, Kashim Shettima, and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar had met at a wedding ceremony in Abuja on Saturday. This is one of the rare meetings between the duo since legal dispute began over the 2023 general elections. Atiku, who was presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the election, is currently challenging the victory of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), under which Shettima ran on a joint ticket with President Bola Tinubu. But, at the wedding between Mohammed (Ameer) Bunu and Ikramullah Jamal Arabi, both men set…

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Senate Leadership: Presidency Clarifies VP Shettima’s remark

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Presidency on Monday made clarification on Vice-President Kashim Shettimas remarks on support forsouthern Senate President. Olusola Abiola, Director of Information, Office of the Vice-President, stated in Abuja that the vice-presidents remarks were taken out context. The vice-president met with senators campaigning for the emergence of Sen. Godswill Akpabio and Sen. Barau Jibrin to lead the 10th Senate on Sunday. Shettima said at the interactive session that the nations current political structure demanded the emergence of a southern Christian and a northern Muslim as the fairest balance to promote inclusivity…

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