Shettima: We’ll Be Equitable, Just, Inclusive If Elected

The vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kashim Shettima, has assured Nigerians that if elected, the Bola Tinubu administration would be inclusive, just, and fair to all Nigerians, irrespective of tribal, religious, or political affiliation.

Shettima said this yesterday during the one-year memorial service for Dr. Emmanuel Abiodun, father of the governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, held at St. James Anglican Church, Iperu-Remo, Ikenne Local Government Area, Ogun State.

That was as former APC National Vice Chairman, South-south, Hillard Etta, yesterday said it would be a disaster of monumental proportion if Tinubu did not emerge the next president of Nigeria.

A statement quoted Shettima to have said, “We need to build a new nation because the hope of the black man is on Nigeria. The onus is on us to secure the future of our children yet unborn.

“I want to assure Nigerians that we are going to be just and fair to all Nigerians. We are going to be all-inclusive because no society can strive on injustice. Ours will be all-encompassing, all-embracing government.

“We will build a country of our dreams, where people are judged by their character, irrespective of their political affiliations, religious persuasions, sectional or tribal ground.”

The former Borno State governor commended the South-west geopolitical zone for being a bastion of religious tolerance and generosity, where people are judged by the content of their character, competence, and ability. He called on other parts of the country to emulate such qualities for peaceful coexistence and development.

In his remarks, Governor Abiodun called on Nigerians to continue to pray to God to see the country through these difficult and trying times.

The governor stated, “I want to ask that we continue to pray that God Almighty see us through this time. These are really difficult times in the history of the nation called Nigeria. We are seeing things that we have never seen before.

“I don’t have any doubt that in no time, God will see us through. We are the people God has treated wonderfully and He fortified us with lots of endurance and by His grace, we will rise to the top.”

In his sermon, the Bishop of Remo Diocese, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Olusina Fape, called on Nigerian leaders to live impactful lives that people will remember after their demise.

Preaching on the topic, “Do this in Remembrance of Me,” with his text from Luke 22:19, Fape reminded leaders that no amount of wealth would speak well of them, except the good work they did while in leadership.

“There are leaders who were in government yesterday that could have made Nigeria better today but they failed,” Fape said. “I want them to know that we will remember them, whether they did well or not,” he added.

The clergyman chided Nigerian leaders for embezzling the commonwealth of the people, even when it was not useful to them. He called on leaders to have a change of heart, as there is always retribution at the end of the day.