…Pays condolence visit to Galadanci, Mangal’s families
The President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration would in the coming weeks unveil an initiative that would address insurgency and poverty, among other challenges confronting Nigerians, especially those living in the northern part of the country, Vice President Kashim Shettima has said.
The Vice President said this Sunday in a chat with journalists while on a condolence visit to Kano over the death of an elder statesman, Alhaji Abubakar Imam Galadanci.
“The President is determined to define the meaning and concept of modern governance, and the crisis we have in the northwest which is further accentuated by poverty. The 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 northwest. There has to be a kinetic and non-kinetic solution.
“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 northwest and also towards addressing the root causes of all the banditry and insurgency in the nation,” he said.
On arrival in Kano, the Vice President who was received by Governor Abba Kabir 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 Professor Shehu Galadanci and Air Vice Marshal Nura Imam (Rtd) on behalf of the extended family.
The Vice President, on behalf of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, prayed 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, Professor Shehu Galadanci emphasized the need for unity of purpose among northern leaders and urged Nigerians to always support the Tinubu administration for the success of its programmes and policies.
From Kano, the Vice President flew to Katsina state to condole with a renowned businessman, Alhaji Dahiru Mangal, over the death of his first wife, Hajiya Aisha Dahiru, who died on Saturday evening in Abuja after a brief illness.
