In his efforts to reciprocate what Sen. Kashim Shettima did to him in 2019, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno State has vowed to deliver the state to the All Progressives Congress, APC in the 2023 elections.
Gov Zullum made the statement when Senator Oluremi Tinubu led the APC women’s wing presidential campaign team on a courtesy call on him in Maiduguri, Saturday. ,
Senator Tinubu led the team to the flag-off of the North-East APC Women’s Wing presidential electioneering campaigns in, Maiduguri.
“I have no other alternative than to deliver the state to the Tinubu/Shettima presidential team and the entire APC,” he declared, stating, “I will not let him (Kashin Shettima) down.”
He recalled how, while he was lecturing at the University of Maiduguri, the then Governor Kashim Shettima appointed him Rector of the State Polytechnic; after which he appointed him commissioner in his cabinet, and then picked him to succeed him.
“We shall work assiduously to deliver more than 95 percent of the state to APC,” the governor assured.
He, however, urged the Tinubu/Shettima presidential campaign team to accord greater support to the empowerment of North-East women, especially in education and gender development.
At the flag-off of the electioneering campaigns, Senator Oluremi Tinubu and the wife of the APC vice presidential candidate, Nana Kashim Shettima, promised to work together to accelerate girl child education, upscale charity for the vulnerable population and provide employment to the youth.
