Why Tinubu should appoint Yerima Shettima Yerima as minister in his cabinet -Group

  

 

By Our Reporter

Call for apppointment of the leader of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, ( AYCF)  Yerima Shettima as a minister has gained momentum as another group, the Progressive Young Leaders Assembly  urged president Bola Ahmed Tinubu to select him as minister under his cabinet.  

In statement by Chairman of the group, Abubakar Kurawa, he said Shettima's appointment will compliment and solidify president Tinubu's evidence of inclusion of youth in his government. 

 

According to the group, "We have followed very closely the debate about the need for the Federal Government under President Bola Tinubu to open a window of opportunity for access to ministerial office for the young ones. We understand that the President has developed a special framework in the distribution of political office to reflect, among others, intelligent young people with patriotic zeal.

"It is in view of this that we join other compatriots  to urge President Tinubu to consider Alhaji Yerima Shettima of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum( AYCF) for the ministerial slot of Kaduna State."

They explained that  Shettima deserved the ministerial appointment because he once defended democracy by sending the military back to barracks, "the result of which is the democratic dispensation we are currently enjoying.

While describing the AYCF leader as Nigerian who has built political bridges across North and South in a tireless effort to promote brotherhood and purposeful development of the country, they added that Shettima has been leading advocate of the active participation of the Nigerian youth in modern governance.

"Alhaji Shettima has been a promoter of economic empowerment of the youth as a strategy for reducing the spread of crimes in the society

"He has built an enviable name as a philanthropist and symbol of empowering the poor in the country through creation of voluntary platforms for orientation of the youth towards economic self-reliance

"He has unapologetically an advocate of dialogue as a tool for addressing national challenges, especially on the political arena for peace and stability.

"With the few reasons above and a lot more, we have total support for the consideration of Alhaji Yerima Shettima as Nigeria's Minister from Kaduna State, in order to further boost the Renewed Hope mantra of President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC)," he said.