Nigeria Is Not In Need Of Handouts, It Seeks Real Investments – Shettima

Kashim Shettima, the Vice President of Nigeria has stated that the nation is not in need of handouts, instead, it seeks investments for mutually beneficial partnerships.

While speaking at the United Nations World Food Systems Financing Model on Monday, in Rome, Italy, Shettima noted that the president, Bola Ahmed TInubu, aim to redefine the meaning and concept of modern leadership in Nigeria.

According to him, the Giant of Africa has woken up from its slumber under the Tinubu administration and is poised to move the world.

Referencing Napoleon Bonaparte, a French military commander, and political leader, the vice-president said the subsidy removal and the unification of the country’s foreign change system, have put Nigeria on a pedestal for mutually beneficial partnerships rather than handouts.

He said: “Napoleon Bonaparte once said, ‘China is a Sleeping Giant. Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.’

“President Bola Tinubu is poised to redefine the meaning and concept of modern leadership in Nigeria, the Giant of Africa, which had woken up from its slumber and is now poised to move the world.

“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it,” so said Archimedes, “and I shall move the world.”

“Nigeria needs no handouts but real partnerships. We have removed the albatrosses of fuel subsidies and multiple exchange rates from our necks; hence, we are seeking investments for mutually beneficial partnerships, not handouts.”