June 26, (THEWILL) – Vice President Kashim Shettima has said that President Bola Tinubu is not discriminating against the North, contrary to insinuations in some quarters.
Shettima said that President Bola Tinubu has a good and clean heart for the growth of Northern Nigeria, as against the perception that the President is working to cripple the region.
He made the remark on Wednesday while receiving a Federal Government delegation, led by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, on a condolence visit to him over the death of his mother-in-law.
He said that the President is never working against the North, noting that to show concern with what is happening in the region, Tinubu appointed the two Ministers of Defence, the Chief of Defence Staff, and the Chairman of the Police Service Commission from the North.
“At an appropriate time, we will lay out facts that the President is not against the North as it is being championed by some disgruntled elements who always want to cause disaffection between government and the citizens”, he said.
The Vice President also said that President Tinubu has good intentions for the nation, urging Nigerians to rally round him for him to be able to achieve the desired goals of making the country great.
“This is not a game of apportioning blame but a game of making Nigeria work, and if Nigeria works, Africa works. We have moved beyond politics, we are now in the act of governance, we must be seen doing what will help us all”, he said.
He spoke of how the Kano State Government stood by him as he lost his mother-in-law, saying that the action of the government showed that “what binds us together is much greater than what divides us.”
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