Shettima campaign for Lafia, talk say Tinubu roads go reduce transport cost
- Vice President Kashim Shettima carry APC campaign go Lafia, Nasarawa State, on Wednesday.
- E talk say di Akwanga–Maiduguri superhighway go link farms and markets and reduce transport cost.
- E also talk say Tinubu approve make Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa turn mining and technology university.
Vice President Kashim Shettima campaign for President Bola Tinubu in Lafia, Nasarawa State, on Wednesday, tell supporters say government road projects go connect farms and markets and bring down transport cost.
When e dey talk for di All Progressives Congress (APC) rally, Shettima talk say di Akwanga–Jos–Bauchi–Gombe–Biu–Maiduguri Superhighway go make trade between North-Central and North-East strong. E list am with di Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway and di Sokoto–Badagry Superhighway as part of di administration plan to close Nigeria infrastructure gap.
"We don promise to make movement across regions easy. We don promise to create work," e talk, ask supporters for another term to finish di work.
For traders and families, di talk na simple: better roads mean farm produce, minerals and manufactured goods go move cheaper, and goods suppose cost less for market. Shettima talk say government economic reforms don raise government revenue and increase allocations to state governments.
Student loans and new university
On education, di Vice President point to di Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), talk say students in Nasarawa fit get financing for higher education.
E talk say President Tinubu don approve make dem change Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa, to Federal University of Mining, Engineering and Technology. According to Shettima, di move na to train engineers and technicians wey dem need to develop di state solid minerals.
E also point to di Diamond New Energy lithium processing plant for di state, talk say government want make dem process minerals for Nigeria instead of exporting raw, so more manufacturing work go stay for di country.
Shettima no dodge di cost of di reforms. "We no dey deny di short-term pain wey come with our reforms," e talk, add say government believe di worst don pass.
House of Representatives Speaker Tajudeen Abbas and APC National Chairman Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda also talk, urge Nasarawa voters to support Tinubu and other APC candidates for 2027 elections. Abbas argue say many ongoing projects go only complete if Tinubu get second term.
Before dat, Shettima visit di Emir of Lafia, Justice Sidi Bage Muhammad I (rtd), wey wish Tinubu success and talk say Nigerians go judge candidates by leadership and competence.
Di Vice President urge supporters to keep di campaign peaceful and reject violence.
Wetin go happen next
APC dey present dia record to voters before di 2027 general elections, with infrastructure and student loans as dia main talking points. Nigerians go weigh those promises against di cost of living when dem vote.
