Vice President Kashim Shettima, has said that President Bola Tinubu is has good intention for the growth of the Northern Nigeria and Nigeria at large, contrary to insinuations that he is working to cripple the region.
Shettima spoke while delivering an address when he received the federal government delegation led by the Chief-of-Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, who were in Kano to condole the VP over the loss of his Mother-in-law.
Shettima also reiterated that the President is never working against the North adding that to show concern over the happenings in the North, Tinubu appointed the two ministers of defense from the North, Chief of Defense Staff from the North and Chairman Police Commission also from the North.
“So if anybody says the President is against the North, tell him he is lying” he stated
“At an appropriate time we will lay out facts that the president is not against the North as being spread by some disgruntled elements, who always want to cause disaffection between government and the citizens” he added.
He called on Nigerians to continue to support the president to attain the outcome of his good plans for the nation.
“This is not a game of apportioning blames but a game of making Nigeria work, and if Nigeria works, Africa works.
“We have move beyond politics and are now in the act of governance, we must be seen doing what will help us all”.
Speaking on Political Party differences and how Kano State Government stood by him as he lost his Mother-in-law, Shettima said that the actions of the government shows that what binds us together is greater than what divides us.
“PDP, NNPP, APC we are all one family, and Nigeria is greater than all of us. Political Party affiliation should not be a yardstick to show disaffection and create means of destruction for the wellbeing of the people.
“I remember, most of those who are in NNPP are founding members of APC and so also PDP, this clearly tells you that we are one big family who only believe in one party or the other, so we must work to make Nigeria great together, and together we will make it”.