President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima will spend N10.13 billion on meals and travels, according to the details of the 2024 budget proposal. The N27.5 trillion budget proposal is being scrutinised by the National Assembly. The budget has a total aggregate revenue projection of N18.32 trillion and a deficit of N9.18 trillion (3.88 per cent of GDP). …

Vice President Kashim Shettima has inaugurated the National Council on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), charging its members to utilise technology and their expertise to enhance the sector’s growth. Emphasising President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s unwavering commitment to improving job security, in a statement by his spokesman, Stanley Nkwocha, Shettima highlighted the critical role of MSMEs and younger Nigerians in …

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has said the adoption of electric mobility as a more sustainable mode of transportation will tackle the challenge of air pollution in the country. According to a statement, Shettima disclosed this on Friday, during the inspection of the solar-powered charging stations for e-mobility domiciled in the State House, in Abuja. The Vice President made this known ahead …

Vice President Kashim Shettima has assured that President Bola Tinubu will replicate his feat in Lagos when he held sway as the governor between 1999 and 2007 at the national level. Shettima, who gave the assurance in Abuja, yesterday, during the public presentation of two books written by legal icon, Mallam Yusuf Ali, SAN, stressed the need for improved public-private …

Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday, identified education and skills development as a panacea for addressing poverty and hunger in the country. Shettima stated this at a meeting with a delegation from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The delegation was led to the State House by the President of its Global Growth & Opportunity …

Vice President Kashim Shettima will depart Abuja today for Beijing, China, to represent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the upcoming third Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) forum scheduled to hold from Monday to Wednesday. According to a statement on Sunday by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Mr. Stanley Nkwocha, the Vice President will be joining …

President Bola Tinubu has appointed former General Manager/Daily Editor of LEADERSHIP newspapers, Mr. Kingsley Stanley Nkwocha, as Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications in the Office of the Vice President. The President also made seven other appointments in the Vice President’s office, including Muhammad Bulama, now Senior Special Assistant to the President on Special Duties in the Office of the …

Nigeria’s delegation to the G77+China Summit, led by Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Cuba. In a statement, the Director of Information in the Office of the Vice President, Mr. Olusola Abiola said the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji signed the MoU for the Government of …

Increasing domestic health financing, industrialisation and improved health outcomes, top the agenda of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s administration, Vice President Kashim Shettima has said. He stated this yesterday when a delegation from the Global Health Partners – the Global Fund, US President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) and the US President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) visited him at the Presidential …

Vice President Kashim Shettima has announced approval by President Bola Tinubu of the building of 1,000 houses in Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina, Zamfara, Kaduna, Niger and Benue states as part of a broad plan by the federal government to address the conflict in the North. The Vice President, who represented President Tinubu, disclosed this on Friday evening in Maiduguri, Borno State …