By Udesinanna Stephen
Vice President Kashim Shettima has said the position of the President and Vice President is a gift from God and not gained by political tactics.
He said this when he hosted some members of the University of Ibadan Postgraduate Alumni, as well as members of the 1989/1990 set of the National Youth Service Corps whom he served with in Calabar.
As gathered from his X handle @officialSKSM, he said, “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.”