Leadership Requires Very Harsh Decisions – Shettima

The Vice President of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima, has defended the economic policies of the Bola Tinubu administration, stating that leadership involves taking hard, harsh decisions in the overall interest of the country.

Speaking on Monday at the Lagos State investment summit, the Vice President submitted that leaders cannot always make nice decisions because they don’t take action based on emotion.

He also praised Lagos State as the economic gateway not only to Nigeria, but to the entire West African sub-region, saying the state provides access to capital, talents, resources and opportunities.

According to Shettima, the macroeconomic policies of the Tinubu government are targeted at restoring market confidence and improving fiscal sustainability.

He noted that President Tinubu has taken the bullet for making critical decisions because the administration understands that the economy the country deserves can’t be built on illusions.

“If you want to be a nice man, you can go and sell ice cream, but leadership requires you to take very harsh decisions,” Shettima said.

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Meanwhile, Shettima recently disclosed that some people attempted to sow distrust between him and President Bola Tinubu just three months after they assumed office.

Naija News reports that Shettima said the unnamed individuals, whom he identified as people from Borno State, told the President that he was plotting to kill him and take over power.

The Vice-President made the disclosure at the launch of My Life of Duty and Allegiance, the autobiography of former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, in Abuja.

According to him, the allegation was linked to some clothes he had given Tinubu before the 2023 presidential election.

Shettima said the President invited him after receiving the claim, but dismissed the allegation because the story did not make sense.