Claim Tinubu Is Working Against North Unfounded, Says Shettima
Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday, said there was no truth in the claim from some quarters that President Bola Tinubu is working against the interest of the North to cripple the region.
According to Shettima, the narrative is being pushed by some disgruntled elements and it should be disregarded.
The delegation was led by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila.
Some prominent northerners had raised an eyebrow following the decision of the Federal Government to relocate some departments of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria from Abuja to Lagos in January.
They alleged that the moves were a ploy to short-change the North, a claim that the Federal Government denied.
Shettima, speaking on Wednesday, maintained that Tinubu was not against the North.
He argued that the fact that Tinubu appointed northerners as the Minister of Defence; the Chief of Defence Staff and the Chairman of the Police Service Commission put a lie to the claim that Tinubu was biased against the North.
“At an appropriate time we will lay out facts that the President is not against the North as being championed by some disgruntled elements, who always want to cause disaffection between government and the citizens,” the Vice President said.
He stressed that Tinubu had a good intention for the entire nation and urged the people to back the President to deliver on his campaign promises to 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 moved beyond politics, we are now in the act of governance, we must be seen doing what will help us all,” Shettima said.
He said it was time for Nigerians to work together irrespective of political differences.
He said, “The 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, many of those who are in the NNPP are founding members of the APC and so also the PDP. This clearly tells you that we are one big family who only believes in one party or the other, so we must work together to make Nigeria great, and together we will make it.”
