The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate Senator Kashim Shettima would create platforms to engage multitudes of jobless if voted into office.
Shettima gave the pledge in Abuja when the Senate Press Corps presented him with a congratulatory message on his emergence as the vice-presidential candidate of the APC.
He noted that the task before the APC is an onerous one, which needs all Nigerians to coalesce into a single course to see to the realisation of the full potential of the country.
Shettima said: “The task ahead of us is an onerous one. A task of nation building. A task for us to coalesce into a single course and see to the realisation of the full potential of our nation – a very young nation. The average age of the Nigerian population is 19.
“May God give us the wisdom with good health to come up with robust platforms of engaging multitudes of our youths who are jobless and who are hungry.
“We owe it to God and humanity. The Nigerian nation has been kind to us. This is payback time. I want to make my pledge and commitment to you that by God’s grace, we will serve this nation with the fear of God in equity, justice and inclusivity.”
He thanked the Senate Press Corps for the message and for their identification with him since his inauguration as a Senator.
“Whatever station I find myself in life, be rest assured that I will remember the Senate Press Corps. When you are in power your friends know you, when you are out of power you know your friends. In the past three years, you have fiercely identified with me and my cause,” he said.
Chairman of the Senate Press Corps, James Itodo, while presenting the congratulatory message, said the Corps has no doubt that Shettima has all it takes to face the task ahead.
“Your dedication to service and vision that made you an inspiration to many citizens of this nation. Your standard bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, sought and made a better choice. We have no doubt in our hearts that you have what it takes to face the task ahead,” Itodo said.
