This is a statement deduced from a former Governor of Borno state, Kashim Shettima.
PRESIDENT-elect Bola Tinubu’s administration may experience a rocky start due to the number of challenges bedeviling the country, Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima, has warned.
this was said in an address delivered on Friday at the 2023 Presidential Inauguration Public Lecture at the National Mosque, Abuja, by Shettima
In an attempt to lower expectations, Shettima said the incoming administration has an enormous task ahead and a myriad of issues to resolve.
Shettima said subsidy removal and the multiple exchange rate system, among others, are serious challenges that the administration must surmount.
He also noted that the incoming administration does not have the luxury of time to tackle these challenges.
“The starting point might not be rosy, let me be very honest with you. The oil subsidy has become an albatross around our necks. The multiple exchange rates system is a drain on the national economy and creates a dual economic system,” he said.
But he assured Nigerians that Tinubu would tackle these challenges and hit the ground running.
“Rest assured that in time, Nigerians will come to pay glowing tributes to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. We’re here — leaders — not because of our intellect.
Neither Kashim Shettima nor Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu holds any PhD degree. We are what we are not because of our physical powers. We are what we are, not because of our political sagacity. There are better politicians.
he was quoted to have said “Power, to us, will be a humbling experience. It’s an opportunity to serve God and humanity. And whether we accept it or not, we are going to spend more years of our lives outside power than in power,”
