Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Monday, pleaded with Nigerians to elect President Bola Tinubu for a second term.
Shettima assured Nigerians that the All Progressives Congress, APC, is the best friend they can ever have with Tinubu in office.
The Vice President spoke during the APC’s presidential campaign rally in Calabar, the Cross River State capital.
He also called on the people of the state to vote for Governor Bassey Otu and the party’s candidates for the national and state assemblies.
Shettima said: “To the people of Cross rivers State, we have come to you again, we have come as the most trustworthy friends that you can ever have, these are not empty words. Over the past three years, you have shown us support and have resisted the lies and propaganda intended to misrepresent us, this is why we are here.
“We don’t take this strong will for granted and so I bring you warm greetings from his Excellency, President Bola Tinubu. Good people of Cross Rivers State, what has brought us together is an alliance of progress, prosperity, opportunity, dignity, and this is the reason that we come before you with gratitude and conviction that must govern every decision that we take.
“You the people are the focus, and we are here today to seek renewed mandate for Tinubu as President of Nigeria, Governor Otu and members of the National Assembly and the Cross Rivers Assembly. We seek this opportunity to carry their workings to second terms, we are asking because authority belongs to the people, we are asking because those entrusted with authority must return with their account of stewardship and a programme worthy of trust, this is why we are here today.
“I stand before you today to ask you once again to renew the mandate of his Excellency, Tinubu as President of Nigeria and myself as Vice President and another term for Bassey Otu as Governor of Cross River State. Vote APC from top to bottom.”