Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya says the choice of former Governor of Borno State, Sen Kashim Shettima As the Vice Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC is a masterstroke and the right decision that will facilitate the party’s smooth sailing to victory in the forthcoming 2023 presidential elections.
According to a press release on Tuesday 12th July 2022 signed by the Director-General (Press Affairs) Gombe Government House, Ismaila Uba Misilli, he said that Governor Inuwa, while reacting to the development noted that as a committed and loyal party man, Sen. Shettima is a great asset to the ruling party and will add immeasurable value to the APC presidential ticket.
He said ” Asiwaju will not have made a better choice. The former Borno State Governor is a highly cerebral, eloquent, competent, courageous, and cosmopolitan leader who has succeeded in building bridges, reputation, and friendships across the country; and I believe he has the capacity, acumen, and political sagacity to deputise the Jagaban”.
While congratulating the one-time Chairman of the Northern Nigeria Governors Forum, Inuwa said with his background as a former lecturer, banker, agricultural economist, ex-governor, and parliamentarian with visionary and patriotic ideologies, Sen. Shettima will be around the peg in a round hole’ as a vice president.
Governor Inuwa noted that: “the Tinubu/ Shettima ticket is an excellent combination that has already given APC an upper hand and set the opposition off-balance as we approach the elections”.
He reassured of his commitment and support of the APC in Gombe State to the Tinubu/ Shettima ticket as well as a victory for the party in 2023, emphasizing that “Gombe is a strong APC base and we shall deploy our political arsenals to ensure sweeping victory for our great party at all levels “.