Vice President Kashim Shettima has said that his house in Maiduguri, Borno State is more palatial than President Bola Tinubu’s residence in Lagos State, famously referred to as Bourdillon.
He stated this to underscore his position that Tinubu is a modest man and not in power to accumulate wealth but to leave a positive mark on the nation.
Shettima spoke in Abuja on Thursday at the launch of a book titled ‘Navigating the Politics of Universal Education Policies in Nigeria’.
The book is authored by Modupe Adelabu, a retired professor of educational administration at the department of educational management at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
The vice-president said Tinubu has a good soul, and is a leader Nigerians can invest their trust in.
“He is in power to leave landmarks in the sands of time. He is the most demonised politician in Nigeria,” Shettima said.
“The first time I went to his house at Bourdillon, I was looking forward to seeing a mansion comparable to Buckingham Palace, with gardens, and swimming pools, but there was nothing special about that house.
“My house in Maiduguri is better than the house in Bourdillon,” he stated.
Going down memory lane, Shettima recalled that: “And at the formative stage of the APC, we held a meeting in his house. They served us a variety of meals, but he opted to take garri with groundnut for lunch. Since I have known him, he has been using only one wristwatch, and in fact, I dress better than him.
“He doesn’t even care. He has overcome all those odds to dress well. So, we need to rally around this poor man. He has taken some bold steps. The economy that we met was in a huge mess.
“But it wasn’t for us; we were part of the Buhari administration; we cannot deny that. We belong to the political family. It’s not about apportioning blame; it’s about finding solutions to our nation’s needs.”
