In the next weeks, President Bola Tinubu will present a plan that would address poverty and insurgency, among other issues that Nigerians, particularly those in the north, must contend with.
During a chat with journalists on Sunday while paying a condolence visit to Kano, Vice President Kashim Shettima said this.
“The President is determined to define the meaning and concept of modern governance and the crisis we have in the northwest, which is further amplified by poverty,” he stated.
“The President is also determined to address social exclusion head-on, and in the upcoming weeks, he will unveil the Pulaku solution.”
“A military solution to the issue in the northwest is not an option unless we want to fight a never-ending battle of attrition. It is necessary to have both kinetic and nonkinetic solutions.
We will provide the Pulaku solution in the next weeks, which will address the concerns and social exclusion of our Fulbe friends in the northwest and work to solve the underlying reasons for all banditry and insurgency in the country.
The vice president visited the historic city to express his condolences to the Kano government and people following the death of elder statesman Alhaji Abubakar Imam Galadanci, according to a statement made by Olusola Abiola, Director of Information, Office of the Vice President. They were joined by Sen. Barau Jibrin, Deputy Senate President, and other individuals.
Earlier, after being welcomed by Governor Abba Yusuf upon his arrival in Kano, the Vice President went to the palace of HRH, Alhaji Nasiru Ado Bayero, the Emir of Bichi, and commiserated with him on the death of the late Imam Galadanci while conveying President Tinubu’s condolences.
The vice president travelled to the family property of the late Alhaji Abubakar Imam Galadanci from the home of the Emir of Bichi, where he was welcomed by Prof. Shehu Galadanci and Air Vice Marshal Nura Imam (Rtd) on behalf of the extended family.
The Vice President sent his condolences on behalf of President Bola Tinubu and prayed to Allah to grant the departed eternal peace as well as comfort the whole Galadanci family.
Prof. Shehu Galadanci expressed the family’s gratitude to the Vice President for the visit and emphasised the need for northern leaders to work together towards a common goal. He also asked Nigerians to continue to support the Tinubu administration through prayers and other forms of support to ensure the success of its programmes and policies.
The Vice President left Kano and subsequently travelled to Katsina for a second time to offer condolences to renowned businessman Alhaji Dahiru Mangal on the passing of his first wife, Hajiya Aisha Dahiru, who passed away on Saturday evening in Abuja following a brief illness.
Islamic customs were followed when interring Hajiya Mangal.
A representative from Kano’s House of Representatives, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, and Senior Special Assistant to the President on Political Matters, Alhaji Ibrahim Masari, were also in the vice president’s group.
