Deputy Speaker of Borno House of Assembly, Danlami Kubo, said on Tuesday that the state governor, Kashim Shettima should be the next man to rule Nigeria at the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure.
He spoke during the flag-off of a three day entrepreneurial training for 10,000 selected widows and displaced women, which was organised by the federal government.
The lawmaker said Borno State had continued to enjoy much patronage from the federal government because of the “good leadership qualities” of Shettima.
“We are more than serious about this project. Our governor has been very exemplary in his stewardship especially of a state that is faced with the daunting challenges of insurgency.
“It is only few people that could remain calm and focused as chief executive of a state at a time when more than half of his state was being taken over by Boko Haram, millions of people displaced, thousands killed and properties worth billions of naira destroyed. And these are happening all through his tenure.
“And that did not make him shy away from his primary responsibility as well as other national responsibilities.
“Even as the chairman of the northern governors’ forum, His Excellency Governor Shettima has continued to shine as a true leader. Since he became the chairman of the NGF, the forum has been more organised and transformed.
“And this means that if he is given the opportunity to lead this country, he would do so effectively. Besides, from his achievements in Borno state speaks volume. He has never for once abdicated his roles even for once.
“Kashim Shettima has no kind of negative biases at all. He is a man that can unite this country and take it beyond the heights that out able President Buhari is taking us to now.
“He has shown us in Borno state that both Christians and Muslims are one; and he does that during all the festive seasons by visiting the Muslims and even the Christians in southern Borno during the Christmas time. That is the kind of leader we want to succeed our father, President Buhari”, he stated.
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