The Tinubu administration will in the coming weeks unveil an initiative that will address insurgency and poverty, among other challenges confronting Nigerians, especially those living in the northern region, according to the Vice President, Kashim Shettima.
The Vice President disclosed this on Sunday in a chat with journalists while on a condolence visit to Kano.
Shettima, accompanied by the Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, among others, were in the ancient city to commiserate with the government and people of Kano over the passing away of elder statesman, Abubakar Imam Galadanci.
Speaking on the plan to address challenges confronting Nigerians, the Vice President said, “The President is determined to define the meaning and concept of modern governance, and the crisis we have in the North West which is further accentuated by poverty. Social exclusion is also something that the President is determined to frontally confront and in the coming weeks, he is going to unveil the Pulaku solution.
“Unless we want to engage in an endless war of attrition, there cannot be a military solution to the crisis in the North West. There has to be kinetic and non-kinetic solutions.
“In the next couple of weeks, we will unveil the Pulaku solution, which will address the grievances and social exclusion of our Fulbe cousins in the North West and also towards addressing the root causes of all the banditry and insurgency in the nation.”
Earlier on arrival in Kano, the Vice President, who was received by Governor Abba Yusuf, proceeded to the residence of the Emir of Bichi, HRH Alhaji Nasiru Ado Bayero, where he commiserated with him on the passing away of the late Imam Galadanci, expressing President Tinubu’s condolences.
From the Emir of Bichi’s residence, the Vice President proceeded to the family compound of the late Alhaji Abubakar Imam Galadanci where he was received by Prof. Shehu Galadanci and Air Vice Marshal Nura Imam (retd), on behalf of the extended family.
The Vice President, on behalf of President Bola Tinubu, expressed his condolences, prayed to Allah to grant the deceased eternal rest and to also console the entire Galadanci family.
Thanking the Vice President for the visit on behalf of the family, Prof Shehu Galadanci emphasised the need for unity of purpose among northern leaders and urged Nigerians to always support the Tinubu administration in prayers and otherwise, for the success of its programmes and policies.
From Kano, the Vice President then flew to Katsina on another visit to condole renowned businessman, Alhaji Dahiru Mangal, over the demise of his first wife, Hajiya Aisha Dahiru, who died Saturday evening in Abuja after a brief illness.
