Shettima: Naira Will Continue To Appreciate Against Dollar

Vice President Kashim Shettima has expressed optimism that the naira will appreciate more as the dollar continues to crash.

The vice president has also urged Nigerians to live peacefully among themselves and learn how to accommodate each other and promised that the crisis in Jos, Plateau State, will soon be resolved.

Shettima who spoke at the weekend when a delegation of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) led by its President, Gabriel Idahosa, paid him a courtesy visit in his office at the State House, Abuja, stated that the dollar will further crash against the naira.

“Naira went haywire and some people were celebrating but inwardly we were laughing at them because we knew that we had the leadership to reverse the trend. Asiwaju knows the game, and truly the naira is gaining and the difference will drop further,” Shettima added.

He recalled that the quality of leadership provided by President Tinubu as governor of Lagos State laid the foundation for the massive development witnessed in the state.

Earlier, the LCCI President, Idahosa, presented some of the organisation’s recommendations to the Vice President, including “more innovations to address the insecurity challenge, considering its multidimensional impact on the economy.”

Meanwhile, the vice president has urged Nigerians to live peacefully among themselves and learn how to accommodate each other.

Shettima stated this weekend when a delegation from the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN) led by its President, Dr. James Neminebor, paid him a visit at the State House, Abuja.

The vice president was responding to an appeal made by the ANAN President for land in Abuja to enable the association to relocate its University to the FCT.

He said: “No matter how long the night is, it must give way to the light of the dawn. The crisis we have in Jos will soon be over. Jos is the most hospitable city in this country in terms of weather. If we can harness the potential of Jos and the Plateau as a whole, I believe that we can transform this nation into a better place.

“In one way or the other, we should learn how to accommodate each other; we should learn how to embrace one another. My SSA (Senior Special Assistant) on Media, Stanley Nkwocha, is a Jos boy. Jos is ideal; Jos is not an ethnic identity. Some of the Hausas, the Fulanis, the Kanuris, and the other ethnic groups living in Jos were born and bred in Jos. They don’t have any other place to call home.

“The beauty of the Jos experience is that we have the generality of Nigerians called northern Igbos. He (Nkwocha) is Igbo; Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha is a northern Igbo. This gentleman (Nkwocha) speaks Hausa more than I do. We also have Sir Emeka Offor and so many of them.

“I believe that we should learn to imbibe in Nigeria that culture of tolerance, of togetherness because I would rather be a small fish in a big pond than be a big fish in a small pond. We are a kaleidoscope of colours; the sooner we realise it, the better,” he added.

Shettima however asked the association to channel its request through the Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, Office of the Vice President, to enable him to follow it up with the relevant authorities.

Festus Akanbi and Deji Elumoye

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