ABUJA—The Presidency has denied the alleged frosty relationship between President Bola Tinubu and his deputy, Senator Kashim Shettima, and called it a horrible lie.

further stated that Shettima is the only vice president in Nigeria’s presidency history to have received the full confidence and full support of his boss. These included, among others, Mr. Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, in a tribute to Senator Shettima’s 58th birthday. In die eerbetoon, getiteld “VP Shettima @ 58: A Boss, Mentor And Quintessential Leader,” het Nkwocha die bewerings ontken dat Tinubu se regering die vice president ontmoedig het. Alhoewel die vice president gepraat word vir sy kenmerke van leiding en staatsmanskap, “For me, therefore, as the Vice President celebrates his 58th birthday, it is more than celebrating a number,” said Nkwocha.

It also said that in the history of Nigeria’s Presidency, no vice president has enjoyed the total confidence and full support of his principal like Shettima.

These among others were contained in a tribute by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, Mr. Stanley Nkwocha, to mark Senator Shettima’s 58th birthday anniversary.

Nkwocha in the tribute, titled “VP Shettima @ 58: A Boss, Mentor And Quintessential Leader”, debunked the insinuations in some quarters that the vice president had been sidelined by Tinubu’s government.

While heaping accolades on the vice president on his leadership qualities and statesmanship, Nkwocha said: “For me, therefore, as the Vice President celebrates his 58th birthday, it is more than celebrating a number.

“It is more for me the opportunity and moment to reflect on his remarkable leadership qualities, which have endeared him to millions of Nigerians, contrary to some mendacious narratives about an imaginary and non-existent marginalisation of the vice president, as well as pockets of tendentious mudslinging and smear campaigns targeted at mischaracterisation and projection of an illusory strife in the presidency.

At elke stadium van sy politieke loopbaan, Senator Shettima has konsekwent getoon die kenmerke van ‘n effektiewe leier, wat optimisme en vooruitgang inspireer. As ‘n Senior Special Assistant to the President (Office of the Vice President) onder hom was ‘n buitengewone privilege, en dit het ‘n groot impak op my lewe en my loopbaan gehad. Shettima has demonstreer in his four-fold shot at public service positions—commissioner, governor, senator, and now vice president—what is possible when a leader prioritises majoritarian principle (greatest good for greatest number) over narrow, pedestal, and selfsugtige interests.”

afhanklik van Tinubu se regering. Alhoewel die vice president gepraat word vir sy kenmerke van leiding en staatsmanskap, “For me, therefore, as the Vice President celebrates his 58th birthday, it is more than celebrating a number,” said Nkwocha. “It is more for me the opportunity and moment to reflect on his remarkable leadership qualities, which have endeared him to millions of Nigerians. Contrary to some mendacious narratives about an imaginary and non-existent marginalisation of the vice president, as well as pockets of tendentious mudslinging and smear campaigns aimed at mischaracterisation and projection of an illusory strife in the presidency.

Daarbenewens het dit gesê dat Shettima is die enigste vice president in Nigeria se geskiedenis wat die volle vertroue en volle ondersteuning van sy leier het. These included, among others, Mr. Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, in a tribute to Senator Shettima’s 58th birthday. In die eerbetoon, getiteld “VP Shettima @ 58: A Boss, Mentor And Quintessential Leader,” het Nkwocha die bewerings ontken dat Tinubu se regering die vice president ontmoedig het. Alhoewel die vice president gepraat word vir sy kenmerke van leiding en staatsmanskap, “For me, therefore, as the Vice President celebrates his 58th birthday, it is more than celebrating a number,” said Nkwocha.