Vice President Kashim Shettima said Thursday that the impacts of the present administration on the lives of Nigerians would define its legacy.
Shettima said this when he hosted some members of the University of Ibadan Postgraduate Alumni and the 1989/1990 set of the National Youth Service Corps whom he served with in Calabar.
He said that given the expectations of Nigerians and the high hopes the world places on Nigeria, the Tinubu administration would ensure the country’s fortune gets a massive boost in growth and development.
He said the administration’s impact would hugely be its legacy, hence, the commitment of the government towards improving the livelihood of Nigerians.
He said the transient nature of human life demands that he should recognise that both him and President Tinubu are just first among equals in Nigeria, and are holding a trust on behalf of the Nigerian people.
“I always believe that power is a humbling experience. We spend more of our lives outside power than in power. And most importantly I see it as a gift from God. Asiwaju and I are occupying the prime positions in this country, not because of our intellectual acumen or political sagacity, but purely by the grace of God.
“We do not occupy our positions because of our physical prowess, and certainly not because of our pedigree. There are people of superior pedigree than us. It is a gift from God and a call to serve humanity for a very short span of time and the impact we make in the lives of our people will determine our positions here and in the hereafter.
“So, to me, it is a humbling experience. It is an opportunity to add value to a great nation like ours, more so that Nigeria’s anticipated demographic bulge suggests we improve the quality of governance in the bid to mitigate any looming demographic disaster,” he said.
