Vice-President Kashim Shettima has implored development partners to provide more support for President Bola Tinubu’s administration to deliver on its Renewed Hope Agenda’s priority areas.
Shettima listed the priority areas to include e-mobilit;, job creation, agriculture, food security, the power sector, among others.
He stated this on Monday when he received the Global Managing Director of the Tony Blair Institute, Mr Michael McNair, on a courtesy visit to the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
According to Shettima, delivering on the priority areas will help in addressing some of the challenges bedeviling the country, particularly the security situation occasioned by terrorism, kidnapping and banditry.
He reitrated the commitment of the Tinubu’s administration to deliver on the Renewed Hope Agenda, adding tha: “It is easy to talk but how to walk the talk is the most important component of leadership”.
Shettima also sought the support of development partners on Tinubu administration’s drive to deepen the deployment and use of e-vehicles for public transportation.
The Vice President urged the TBI to make available its expertise in enhancing the adoption of the technology in the country.
” I crave your indulgence to support us in e-mobility. We want your perspective and your input on the deployment and use of e-mobility, we want to adopt and adhere to global best practices”.
He applauded TBI’s partnership with Nigeria, especially in the nation’s effort to deepen the quality of governance and leadership in priority areas of job creation, agriculture and food security.
He also lauded the institute for its support to the power sector through the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), and the delivery unit that would track government efforts.
According to him, given the burden of Nigeria’s growing population with all of its implications, government must improve on the quality of governance.
” There is no magic wand beyond delivering the dividends of democracy to the people.
“Once we create jobs and engage the youths, the challenges of terrorism, kidnappings and banditry will be drastically curtailed,” he added.
Earlier, McNair, commended Tinubu and Shettima’s leadership.
He noted that Shettima’s impressive outing at the World Economic Forum, particularly his commitment to Africa’s future, was indicative of the country’s direction.
McNair said he was in Nigeria to appraise the work started by the TBI team in the country, especially in supporting the new administration to deliver on set goals.
He said: “TBI’s success is in helping the administration to achieve its mandate across different sectors”.
He said the institute was committed toward supporting growth and development in Africa and Nigeria in particular in key areas identified by the administration.
He noted that the organisation was prepared to deploy additional resources to achieve target objectives in the country.
Also present at the meeting were TBI Regional Director, Anglophone West & Central Africa, Ope-Oluwa Adejoro; TBI Country Director for Nigeria, Joy Dariye, and senior executives at the institute, Ahmed Ibrahim and Victor Adamu. (NAN
