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| NNPP presidential flagbearer, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso |
Former Kano governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso has hailed the choice of Bola Tinubu’s running mate.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential flagbearer announced ex-Borno governor, Kashim Shettima as the vice-presidential candidate.
The 55-year-old banker-turned-politician is the Senator representing Borno Central District.
In an interview with Arise News on Sunday, Kwankwaso described Tinubu as a strategist.
“Shettima was my colleague as a governor during my second term. He’s a gentleman, he’s a good man. I wish him well.
“I’m so happy with that combination; my only worry is the platform (APC). This platform…I don’t know.
“Bola Tinubu a strategist. I had reasons to sit with him an uncountable number of times from 1992 till date.
“I wish I will see him to ask what he’ll do differently from what Muhammadu Buhari is doing today. That is my serious concern for him”, he said.
Kwankwaso, 65, is the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
The former Defence Minister represented Kano Central Senatorial District from June 2015 to June 2019.
Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu had said he is carefully observing the terrorism and other challenges bedeviling the entire nation.
In an interactive session with newsmen in Daura, Katsina State on Sunday, the former Lagos Governor said if elected as Nigerian President in 2023, his administration would defeat the challenges.
Speaking on infrastructure, the APC National Leader said the party has a better programme that would serve Nigerians, assuring that “within a short period of time, there will be a good foundation for infrastructure”.
“We have a better programme for the people and about the people and ready to serve.
“We face the challenges of terrorism, we know that. It is only a poor thinker and observer that will not recognise the challenge. But once you recognise a challenge, you can prepare yourself very well and defeat it,” he said.