CLOSE UP: 10 FACTS about Kashim Shettima, Tinubu’s running mate

Senator Kashim Shettima was announced on Sunday by APC presidential candidate as his running mate. Here are 10 facts about the former Borno state governor: 

1. He was born in Maiduguri, Borno state capital on September 2, 1966. He’s a wife and three children.
2. He obtained BSc and MSc in Agricultural Economics from University of Maiduguri in 1989, and Univeristy of Ibadan in 1991.
3. He did his one-year compulsory NYSC in Calabar, Cross River state in 1990.
4. He joined University of Maiduguri as a lecturer in 1991.
5. He moved to the banking sector in 1993 and rose to become a General Manager in Zenith Bank in 2007.
6. From 2007 to 2011, he was commissioner for finance, local government and chieftaincy affairs, education, agriculture and  health in Borno state.
7. He was governor of Borno state from 2011 to 2019.
8. In 2019, he was elected senator representing Borno Central at the National Assembly.
9. In 2013, he formally established youths volunteers (Civilian JTF) that has been assisting military in fighting Boko Haram terrorists.
10. He appointed Christians from Southwest, Southeast and South-south as senior aides during his tenure as governor.