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Shettima urges governors to focus on improving citizens’ lives, not giving speeches 

Mr Shettima reiterated the Mr Tinubu administration’s shift from reactive crisis management to proactive planning.

• October 23, 2025
Vice-President Kashim Shettima
Vice-President Kashim Shettima

Vice President Kashim Shettima has called on state governments to translate the optimism on the streets into real prosperity in homes and communities.

Mr Shettima made the call during the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting attended by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The vice-president, who is the chairman of NEC, reminded state governors that the measure of governance lies in the tangible improvement of citizens’ lives rather than rhetoric.

“The measure of government is not in speeches delivered; it is in the lives improved,” the vice-president said.

Mr Shettima reiterated the Tinubu administration’s shift from reactive crisis management to proactive planning. 
He commended the Katsina Sustainable Platform for Agriculture (KASPA), a state-driven digital agriculture model designed to modernise service delivery and improve farmers’ access to data, markets, and climate information.

“Earlier this week, at the invitation of His Excellency, Gov. Dikko Radda of Katsina, I was in the state.

” One of the progressive projects we launched is the Katsina Sustainable Platform for Agriculture, known as KASPA.

” It is a scalable framework for digital governance, farmer inclusion, and climate-smart productivity ready for sub-national adoption,” the vice-president said.

The platform, he said, reflected the council’s broader commitment to technology-enabled governance and inclusive agricultural growth that cuts across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

“The story of Nigeria’s recovery will not be written by chance but by choice—by the deliberate actions we take to protect our economy, safeguard our environment, and uphold the welfare of our citizens,” he said.

Mr Shettima commended governors, ministers, and the members of the council for sustaining NEC as a platform of trust, cooperation, and policy innovation.

(NAN)

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