President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday celebrated the Vice Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kashim Shettima, saying his candidature towers above any other politics.
Buhari disclosed this in a congratulatory message signed by his spokesperson Garba Shehu on Friday in Abuja.
The president joined leaders and members of the APC to celebrate the former governor of Borno on his 56th birthday.
Buhari, who felicitated the astute political leader and legislator, lauded him for setting a standard of resilience that had turned Borno into an example of social, economic and infrastructural development
He also commended Shettima for his courage, foresight, sagacity and intellectualism.
He said the APC vice-presidential candidate had provided strong leadership for his state by keeping citizens unified and focused on the larger picture of a victorious and enlightened community, with clear results in education, health and road constructions.
Buhari believed that Shettima’s experience as a banker, governor, Senator and scholar would prove relevant in governance at the national level.
