The federal government has announced plans to formalise one million businesses across Nigeria at a discounted rate. Vice President Kashim Shettima disclosed this on Tuesday when he launched the Expanded National MSME Clinic in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, marking the first stop on a nationwide journey to empower small and medium-sized businesses. MSME Clinic, the first of its kind …

Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Saturday, identified agricultural revolution as the only critical step that can help Nigeria surmount insecurity and poverty among its growing population. He said this can be achieved through the deployment of technology to actualise food security among the country’s growing population, noting that it is where the university comes to extract the maximum benefits from …

  Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, said on Tuesday that he supported the adoption of non-kinetic mechanisms to tackle insecurity in Nigeria’s South East. “The approach is the most beautiful I have seen so far. We need to build bridges; there is a need for a handshake; that way, those that have not been radicalised can be captured”, the Vice …

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 …