On Monday, both Tinubu and Shettima are anticipated to take office, bringing an end to the presidency of outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari.
Kashim Shettima, the vice president-elect, warns Bola Tinubu’s government may not get off to a good start in an apparent effort to lower expectations.
After serving two four-year terms, outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration will come to a close on Monday with the swearing-in of both Tinubu and Shettima.
In a speech given on Friday at the 2023 Presidential Inauguration Public Lecture at the National Mosque in Abuja, Shettima gave Nigerians the assurance that Tinubu will get things going right away.
I’ll be really honest with you: the situation may not be ideal at the outset. Oil subsidies have grown to be a burden on our necks. He said that the multiple exchange rate system produces a second economic system and drains the national economy.
There are certain choices that the next government will make, but Nigerians will come to not only appreciate but also applaud us in due time.
He claims that since the difficulties confronting the country are “humongous,” the next government does not have the luxury of time.
“The greatest curse a Chinese guy can utter against you is to have exciting times, as the Chinese would say. And it’s true that we live in an intriguing period. However, you can be confident that Nigerians will come to honor Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in due time, he remarked.
The Vice President-elect claimed that a person’s family background does not define who they are, calling power the “most ephemeral” of God’s gifts to mankind.
“We are not leaders because of our intelligence. Neither Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu nor Kashim Shettima are PhDs. Our physical abilities have made us what we are not. We don’t have what we have because of our political cunning. Better politicians are available.
It will be humiliating for us to have power. It is a chance to help both God and people. And whether we like it or not, we will spend more years of our lives without electricity than with it,” he said.
Shettima characterized his principle as a leader with a pure heart who will “do justice” to every Nigerian, regardless of differences in political allegiances, religious convictions, or ethnic or regional roots.
“Our shared history of squalor, hardship, and instability binds us all together. Now is the moment for all of us to come together as a single force, he said.
