Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State on Monday in Maiduguri, the
state capital, said that the All Progressives Congress would adopt a
new leadership style and offer exemplary leadership to Nigerians.
Shettima told newsmen that the party would tackle poverty in the
country by addressing their underlining causes.
He said: “Governance is not about having large sums of money in bank accounts.
“It is about changing peoples’ lives for the better.
“The APC will no doubt meet the aspirations of the people, especially
those at the grassroots by improving their living conditions.”
Shettima said the party would create jobs in the agricultural,
industrial and other sectors of the economy, to address the root
causes of poverty at the grassroots level.
He said: “We have to evolve strategies to create jobs for our youths
because youth employment is crucial to the survival of the nation.
“Very soon, we will leave office and all the security apparatus around
us will be gone and we will return and live with the people,” he said.
The governor urged Nigerian leaders to safeguard the future by
striving hard to tackle unemployment among the youth.
He commended the Borno Youth Vigilante Group for tackling the Boko
Haram insurgency and described them as God sent.
According to him, the emergence of the vigilante group can best be
described as divine intervention as before now everybody was afraid to
talk about Boko Haram.
“By now, a group of youths, armed with only sticks and cutlasses, have
succeeded in chasing and apprehending the gunmen known as Boko Haram
militants,” he said.
Shettima said that government would soon offer employ opportunities to
members of the group as a reward for their courage.
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