Politics
Lawan lacks the skills to rule Nigeria — Ex-Gov Shettima
The former Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima, said on Friday the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, was unfit to rule a complex country like Nigeria.
Shettima, who stated this when he featured in a Channels Television programme, Politics Today, said Lawan lacks the requisite experience and administrative skill set to govern the country.
He stressed that the Senate President’s several years in the Senate would not make him the fitting candidate for the All Progressive Congress (APC).
The ex-governor urged the APC to field a candidate with deep knowledge of politics and economy to retain power in 2023.
READ ALSO: Tinubu is the only aspirant that can defeat Atiku – Ex-Gov Shettima
Shettima said: “Ahmed Lawan is my kinsman who holds me in high esteem. I played a very prominent role in his emergence as the Senate President against my own man, Ali Ndume. But leadership goes beyond sentiments.
“He has spent 20 years in the Senate. He has a Ph.D. in Geography. He spent many years in academia before joining the political industry. He doesn’t have the administrative skill set to rule a complex country like Nigeria. This is the million-dollar fact. His brand name doesn’t sell.”
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...