The vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Kashim Shettima says the standard bearer of the party, Bola Tinubu has is not too old but has the experience and capacity to rule Nigeria.
Tinubu’s running mate, who spoke with newsmen at the weekend, said age is just a number adding that those that are younger than the APC national leader can perform horribly when it comes to ruling the country.
The former Borno state governor also reiterated Tinubu’s position that President Muhammadu Buhari would not have been voted president of the country, if not for the input of the former Lagos state governor.
In his words, “Age is just a number. There are some younger people that can perform abysmally low. My principal has the experience, exposure and a lucid mind to add value to the nation and we are at a very critical juncture in the annals of Nigeria’s history, buffeted by all sorts of challenges, be it security, be it economy and a leader that we need is a leader who understands the dynamics of running a modern economy.
“The world is a knowledge-driven world. We have moved from the agricultural age to the industrial age and now we are in the post-industrial, knowledge-driven age and you need a Nigerian president who has been tested with excellent and competent leadership skills. Most importantly, with all these agitations about non-inclusion and separatist tendencies around the country, you need a leader who understands Nigerian sociology and we don’t have a better person than my principal.”
