Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria | Former Senator, Borno Central District | Former Governor of Borno State
Maiduguri, Nigeria
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President @officialABAT has performed the groundbreaking for the multi-billion-dollar Bakassi Deep Seaport, describing the project as a fiscal game-changer set to catapult Cross River State and Nigeria into a leading hub for the blue economy.
The presidential flag-off of the $3.5 billion project on Friday in Bakassi, Cross River State, has broken a decades-long jinx and revived hopes for a deep seaport in Cross River State, marking a major milestone in efforts to transform the country’s economy.
Speaking during the groundbreaking ceremony of the project, the Nigerian leader, who was represented by his deputy, Vice President @KashimSM, stated categorically that he was not in Calabar “to cut a ribbon and dance Ekpe masquerade” but to “break ground and break a centuries-old jinx.”
“Many people believed this port would never happen. They said it would be a pipe dream. They said Bakassi would only be remembered for what we lost. Today, we answer them with a shovel, with concrete, with steel, and with hope, a renewed hope that a dream deferred can become a dream actualised,” he added.
President @officialABAT firmly dismissed long-standing rumours of a port monopoly, suggesting that federal authorities or regional interests in Abuja and the South-West have deliberately suppressed the development of seaports in other parts of Nigeria.
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The Vice President, Senator @KashimSM, has called on Nigerians to assess governance by its measurable impact, emphasising that President @officialABAT needs a second term to fully deliver on his administration’s transformative economic and infrastructure agenda.
Accordingly, he urged them to evaluate the @officialABAT administration based on its tangible impact on citizens’ lives and the ongoing infrastructure and economic reforms that require more time to complete.
Senator @KashimSM, who stated this on Thursday while representing President @officialABAT at the All Progressives Congress (@OfficialAPCNg) Presidential Campaign Rally in Benin City, Edo State, noted that while some projects had been completed, others were still ongoing.
“We ask that our stewardship be judged by the lives our decisions have touched and the work we are determined to complete. We have come this far with your trust, and we seek your mandate to finish the work we have begun,” he said.
Stating that other commitments were still pending before the @officialABAT administration, the Vice President said Governor @m_akpakomiza had made the APC proud and President @officialABAT had stood with him, supporting his efforts to serve the interests of the Edo people.
He reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to bridging Nigeria’s infrastructure gaps, spotlighting the vital economic role of Edo State and pledging to free local traders from the recurring financial losses caused by deplorable road conditions.
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The Vice President, Senator @KashimSM, has affirmed that President @officialABAT’s economic reforms are bolstering the fiscal strength of state governments, accelerating critical infrastructure, and expanding economic opportunities across Nigeria.
According to him, the economic policies of the @officialABAT administration have supercharged state-level revenues, unlocking vital investments in roads, agriculture, power, education, and healthcare, with Ondo State recording a significant increase in revenue from the federation account.
Speaking on Wednesday at the All Progressives Congress (@OfficialAPCNg) Presidential Campaign Rally in Akure, the Ondo State capital, Senator @KashimSM recalled that Ondo received over 22 per cent more from the Federation Account in the first nine months of 2026 than in the same period in 2025.
Representing the President at the campaign rally, the VP told the mammoth crowd that gathered at the Akure Township Stadium that the gains recorded so far demonstrate the importance of sustained reforms and cooperation between the Federal Government and subnational governments.
“Our promise to prioritise the welfare of Ondo State has been demonstrated through the increased revenue accruing to Ondo State. This has come with President @officialABAT’s reforms. Even in the first nine months of this year, Ondo received over 22 per cent more from the Federation Account than it did in the same period last year,” he stated.
The Vice President commended Governor @LuckyAiyedatiwa for deploying the additional resources towards development projects, noting that the administration’s interventions are addressing longstanding infrastructure and economic challenges.
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The Vice President, Senator @KashimSM, has said the administration of President @officialABAT is engineering a seismic economic and security shift in the South-East through aggressive capital injections into transport, green energy, agriculture, housing and human capital development.
He said the Federal Government’s interventions in Ebonyi State and the wider South-East are designed to improve regional connectivity, strengthen food security, expand economic opportunities and address longstanding development challenges that have constrained the region’s economic potential.
Speaking on Monday during the All Progressives Congress (@OfficialAPCNg) presidential campaign rally in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Senator @KashimSM said the @officialABAT administration had demonstrated its commitment to the state through major infrastructure projects, federal appointments and policies aimed at improving the welfare of citizens.
“This campaign has been a season of triumph. We have triumphed over the falsehoods of our opponents. We have triumphed over those who mistook the limits of their imagination for the limits of our reach. We have never turned our backs on you. We have answered your support with projects, and His Excellency, President @officialABAT, has honoured Ebonyi through distinguished appointments and projects across the state,” he said.
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Vice President @KashimSM has called on African countries to transform their growing global cultural influence into sustainable economic wealth, saying the continent must move beyond celebrating its creative achievements to building industries that generate jobs, attract investment and expand international trade.
He said the administration of President @officialABAT is strengthening intellectual property protection, expanding access to finance for creative enterprises, and positioning Nigeria to benefit from opportunities under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
Speaking on Thursday during the official opening of CANEX Weekend 2026, organized by the African Export-Import Bank (@Afreximbank), at the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and Creative Arts, National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, Senator @KashimSM said Africa must translate its creative talents and global recognition into lasting economic prosperity.
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The Vice President, Senator @KashimSM, has said President @officialABAT has remained fully faithful to his promises to rebuild Nigeria through bold and necessary economic reforms.
This comes just as the people of Ekiti State have declared that 90 per cent of the total registered voters in the state will be delivered for the President in the forthcoming presidential election.
Also, opposition figures in the state, including candidates of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last governorship election, declared their support for the President, citing the positive impact of the Federal Government’s interventions in Ekiti.
Senator @KashimSM, who spoke on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, during the Presidential Campaign Rally of the All Progressives Congress (@OfficialAPCNg), acknowledged the sacrifices made by the citizens, saying the people were already reaping the benefits of the administration's tough decisions.
He noted that while the commitments are currently being fulfilled, the @officialABAT administration has returned to account for the work already done as well as the tasks ahead.
"We know the sacrifices you have made, and we are beginning to reap the benefits of those difficult decisions. His Excellency, President @officialABAT, has remained faithful to the commitments we made to you.
"We have begun to fulfil those commitments, and we have returned to account for the work already done and the tasks that remain. We have come to seek the renewal of your mandate, to continue the partnership we began and to finish the work you entrusted to us," he declared.
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The Vice President, Senator @KashimSM, has said the massive infrastructure investments being undertaken by the administration of President @officialABAT are connecting Nigeria’s major economic corridors, strengthening regional trade, reducing transportation costs and opening new opportunities for businesses and communities across the country.
He noted that by weaving concrete veins of commerce through every economic corridor, the Tinubu administration is turning infrastructure into a masterstroke of national transformation.
Speaking in Lafia, Nasarawa State, on Wednesday during the All Progressives Congress (@OfficialAPCNg) presidential campaign rally, Senator @KashimSM said the Federal Government’s investments in strategic transport infrastructure are designed to link agricultural and industrial production centres with markets, stimulate employment and accelerate economic development across the nation’s geopolitical zones.
He described the Akwanga–Jos–Bauchi–Gombe–Biu–Maiduguri Superhighway as a major component of the administration’s infrastructure development agenda, explaining that the project will strengthen economic connections between the North-Central and North-Eastern regions.
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Vice President @KashimSM has said that Nigerians possess the talent and capacity to occupy leadership positions in global sports, describing the appointment of Mr Samson Adamu as the first Nigerian General Secretary of the Confederation of African Football (@CAF_Online) as further evidence of the country’s potential for international leadership.
The Vice President said Nigeria’s sporting achievements have been driven by the quality of its people, the dedication of sports administrators and the institutions that discover, nurture and project Nigerian talent onto the global stage.
Speaking on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, while receiving the newly appointed CAF General Secretary and a delegation led by the Chairman of the National Sports Commission (@NatSportsComm), Malam @ShehuDikko, VP @KashimSM congratulated Adamu on his appointment and charged him to distinguish himself through exemplary leadership and service to African football.
“Our nation has earned its place in the world of sports. We have flown our flag in arenas where few expected us to perform magic, and we have made the impossible appear almost familiar, fundamentally because of the quality of our people,” he said.
Conveying President @officialABAT’s goodwill, the Vice President described Adamu as a role model for young Nigerians and urged him to approach his new responsibilities with diligence, integrity and a strong sense of national pride.
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The Vice President, Senator @KashimSM, has said the toughest phases of Nigeria’s aggressive economic reset, undertaken by the administration of President @officialABAT, are officially over, clearing the runway for an era of pure harvest, nationwide growth and prosperity.
He declared that the administration’s painful but necessary economic reforms have successfully laid the groundwork for prosperity, promising that the next phase will deliver the tangible fruits of these sacrifices to citizens.
Speaking on Monday in Calabar, Cross River State, during the All Progressives Congress (@OfficialAPCNg) presidential campaign rally, Senator @KashimSM rallied support for the re-election of President @officialABAT and the state governor, Prince @officialspbo, as well as other APC candidates in the 2027 general election, describing them as trustworthy friends of the people.
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The Vice President, Senator @KashimSM, has called for increased collaboration between the government and economic stakeholders, asserting that small business owners must have a meaningful voice in the government’s policy and decision-making processes.
Accordingly, he directed the Special Adviser to the President on MSMEs and Job Creation, Mr. @tjadekunle_, to expand membership of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Stakeholders’ Meeting and ensure that the forum convenes the meeting quarterly.
Speaking on Friday during the MSMEs stakeholders’ meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Senator @KashimSM noted the interconnected nature of governance and enterprise, just as he demanded a seat at the table for the private sector, declaring that small business owners must also have a direct voice in shaping government policy.
Commending Adekunle-Johnson for the pace and persistence he has brought to the MSME assignment, he said, “I therefore direct him to expand this forum’s membership and convene this meeting once every quarter. Business owners must have a more decisive voice in our deliberations, and each meeting must account for the decisions taken at the previous one.”
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The Vice President, Senator @KashimSM, has restated the determination of the administration of President @officialABAT to improve the welfare, guaranteed rights, and salary reliability of community healthcare workers.
Reaffirming the administration’s broader vision, he maintained that fair, competitive, and consistent remuneration for medical personnel is vital to building robust community health services and institutions across Nigeria.
Speaking on Thursday in Abuja when he launched the Community Health Programme Continental Acceleration Plan 2026–2030 at the Continental High-Level Forum on a Fit-for-Purpose Health Workforce, Senator @KashimSM said the nation cannot afford the luxury of taking its community health workers for granted.
“If you look around today, if you look across Africa, the number of community health workers is increasing. But we cannot deliver on this promise unless we acknowledge the threats that surround us.
“Our Community Health Programme Continental Acceleration Plan focuses on governance, primary care integration, workforce development, digital systems, service delivery, financing, supplies and accountability as drivers of our future. A future where workers are guaranteed legal recognition, certification, dependable salaries, supervision and careers,” he declared.
VP @KashimSM observed that while the distance between a household and a health worker could become the distance between survival and mourning, it is the duty of government to shorten that distance until no African’s chance of living depends on the accident of where they were born.
He noted that President @officialABAT has been a pacesetter in financing health reform and advancing Africa’s workforce agenda as an AU Champion, recalling that the Ministers of Health and Finance had convened a meeting in Addis Ababa in February on behalf of the Nigerian leader.
The Vice President stated that 25 years after the Abuja Declaration had pledged at least 15 per cent of national budgets to health, Nigeria must answer for every household still beyond the reach of healthcare.
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President @officialABAT has renewed his pledge to shatter decades of systemic underperformance in Nigeria, anchoring the nation’s survival on his administration’s sweeping economic reforms.
According to him, the administration is presently undertaking what it came on board to actualise: to rewrite the story of a nation that has performed below its potential for far too long.
Speaking on Monday in Abuja when he formally declared open the 32nd Nigerian Economic Summit, the Nigerian leader, who was represented by his deputy, Vice President @KashimSM, noted that his administration commenced on a difficult note because there is no shortcut to economic growth.
“Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, we came to rewrite the story of a nation that has performed below its potential for far too long. But there is no shortcut to economic growth. This is why we began with a difficult reset. For us, rescuing the economy means rescuing livelihoods and transforming the fortunes of young jobseekers, farmers, manufacturers, entrepreneurs and innovators.”
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Vice President @KashimSM has said President @officialABAT’s reform agenda places strong emphasis on building enduring institutions, developing human capital and improving the quality of life of Nigerians.
He stressed why sustainable development must outlive the tenure of political officeholders, maintaining that the Renewed Hope Agenda of President @officialABAT is designed to ensure that economic reforms deliver lasting social benefits, with investments in essential public services.
Senator @KashimSM stated this on Friday while commissioning the ultra-modern Kashim Ibrahim University Teaching Hospital (KIUTH) and two schools in Maiduguri, Borno State.
He described investments in healthcare and education as essential to economic productivity, national development and the recovery of communities affected by insecurity.
I reunited with my Fullo cousins, who are entrusted with the safety and security of Kashim Ibrahim University Teaching Hospital, in Maiduguri today. How I’ve missed their warmth, wit and good-natured banter! 😁
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The National Economic Council (NEC) has endorsed a 90-day economic action plan proposed by the @FinMinNigeria to consolidate gains from President @officialABAT’s economic reforms.
The plan focuses on reducing the cost of living, improving food affordability, attracting investment, and accelerating the delivery of projects with direct benefits to Nigerians.
The Council’s endorsement on Thursday followed a presentation by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. @taiwoyedele, during its 161st meeting, held virtually and chaired by Vice President @KashimSM.
This is just as the Vice President said that while President @officialABAT’s economic reform programme was designed to achieve broader national prosperity, governments at all levels have a responsibility to translate its objectives into improved living conditions for Nigerians.
The 90-day action plan identifies five priority areas: food affordability, tax harmonisation, completion of high-impact projects, resolution of investment bottlenecks and regulated household support.
NEC also approved the establishment of a national dashboard to track ongoing projects across the federation, with particular emphasis on transparency, accountability and accurate reporting of how proceeds from fuel subsidy removal are being utilised.
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In a major push for food security, the Federal Government has set up a technical committee to immediately accelerate livestock development and staple crop production nationwide.
Specifically, the committee is to expedite action on strategic interventions in the agricultural sector, targeting wheat and other staple crop production as well as livestock development.
The Vice President, Senator @KashimSM, constituted the committee on Tuesday during a high-level meeting on agricultural sector performance and strategic interventions at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Senator @KashimSM charged members of the committee to cross-pollinate ideas and come up with a blueprint on implementing strategic interventions in the agricultural sector.
The meeting came as a sequel to a larger meeting with President @officialABAT last week, where agricultural and other multi-sector stakeholders were present.
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I was delighted to welcome the leadership and members of the City Boy Movement, @CityBoyMedia, to the State House yesterday evening. Together with the Relax, Tinubu Is Fixing Nigeria @RelaxTIFN team and other youth support groups from across the country and the diaspora, we shared a warm and personal evening.
Since 2022, and for three years, you have defended this administration in the markets, on campuses, in motor parks and on social media, often when it was unpopular to do so. You understood why difficult decisions had become necessary and why Nigeria could not keep borrowing to postpone them. I have seen your commitment, and I will never forget it.
What the Movement has built deserves recognition. Over 4.8million verifiable members, organised across our states and local governments, reaching into wards and polling units. A contact centre speaking with young Nigerians every day. Through City Boy Care, you are supporting members in their communities.
I was particularly impressed by the launch of #AskCityBoy, which uses super intelligence to help Nigerians understand what their government is doing through simple, everyday conversation. As the Speaker of the House, @Speaker_Abbas, observed, you have built a Movement prepared to answer Nigerians’ questions wherever they are.
I am proud of you. I encourage every Nigerian, including our critics, to visit askcityboy.com and ask the questions that matter to you.
To Relax, Tinubu Is Fixing Nigeria, your name carries a promise. I appreciate the conviction with which you have taken that message across our country.
Your confidence in me carries a responsibility I take seriously. Our reforms must translate into better opportunities for Nigerians and greater security for our families. Through NELFUND, students can pursue their education with financial support. CREDICORP is expanding access to consumer credit, while 3MTT is helping Nigerians acquire skills for a changing economy. We will keep extending these opportunities.
The coming election concerns the future we are building together. Get your PVC and encourage your neighbours to get theirs. Organise peacefully and lawfully. Take our record to Nigerians and make your case with conviction.
To my son Seyi, who started this quietly and without asking for a title, you have only started. There is much more you can do for our people, and I expect you to keep going.
To everyone who has given their time and resources to this Movement, I appreciate you.
Your hope, my hope, has been renewed. Thank you.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR
President
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The Vice President, Senator @KashimSM, has said the growing northern support for President @officialABAT’s re-election is not a blank cheque, and the administration will earn it through facts, radical transparency and measurable results.
Speaking directly to the political stakes, he maintained that expanding loyalty in the region demands greater accountability and an honest dialogue with citizens about ongoing reforms undertaken by the @officialABAT administration.
Senator @KashimSM, who spoke on Saturday in Abuja when he unveiled the Arewa for Asiwaju Campaign Head Office and formally inaugurated the campaign structure of the northern think tank, expressed a firm belief that the North has spoken with a resounding voice and unmistakable conviction in its support for the President.
According to him, renewed political confidence should never be taken for granted, as the government and its supporters must continue to engage Nigerians on the basis of facts and demonstrate how the ongoing reforms are improving security, livelihoods, and economic opportunity.
“By now, I believe the North has spoken. We have spoken with a resounding voice and unmistakable conviction. From Adamawa to Zamfara, from Borno to Niger, we have spoken. Such confidence places an obligation upon us that no officeholder should ever underestimate,” he stated.
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The Vice President, Senator @KashimSM, has called on Governor @biodunaoyebanji to honour the sacred verdict of the Ekiti electorate by raising the bar of governance and prioritising youth empowerment in his second term.
According to him, the governor will justify the people’s mandate if he keeps faith with citizens whose voices are not often heard, maintaining that the Ekiti people have weighed the record before them and issued their judgment in Oyebanji’s favour.
Representing President @officialABAT on Friday at Governor Oyebanji’s second-term inauguration in Ado-Ekiti, Senator @KashimSM framed the event’s joy as a paradox: the louder the applause, the greater the obligation it announces.
He acknowledged that the governor earned his second term through his capacity to listen without succumbing, his courage to take decisions, and his display of “composure, respect for institutions, and a refusal to mistake public office for personal grandeur”—qualities he described as uncommon virtues.
