In the next few weeks, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration will unveil its agenda to address insecurity and poverty, especially in the North, Vice President Kashim Shettima has said.
He noted that the security situation in the Northwest would have to be addressed through carrot and stick approach.
Shettima, who was accompanied by Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, among others, was in Kano to commiserate with the government and people of the state on the passing of elder statesman, Alhaji Abubakar Imam Galadanci.
A statement by the Director of Information in his office, Mr. Olusola Abiola, said Vice President Shettima announced that the President would soon unveil the Pulaaku Solution, a Fulani code of conduct, to restore peace and security in accordance with the ethnic nationality’s ethos.
The statement said the plan would be centered on abstaining from anything that could lead to disgrace or embarrassment of the race.
Speaking on President Tinubu’s plan to address challenges confronting Nigerians, Shettima said: “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. In the coming weeks, he is going to unveil the Pulaaku 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 Pulaaku Solution, which will address the grievances and social exclusion of our Fulbe cousins in the northwest and towards addressing the root causes of all the banditry and insurgency in the nation.”
On arrival in Kano, the Vice President was received by Governor Abba Yusuf, and he and his delegation proceeded to the home of the Emir of Bichi, Alhaji Nasiru Ado Bayero, where he commiserated with the traditional rule on the death of the late Imam Galadanci.
He passed President Tinubu’s condolences to the bereaved family.
From the Emir’s palace, Shettima visited the family of the late Galadanci where he was received by Prof. Shehu Galadanci and Air Vice Marshal Nura Imam (retd.) on behalf of the extended family.
On behalf of President Tinubu, the Vice President prayed Allah to grant the deceased eternal rest and strengthen the family.
Prof. Galadanci stressed the need for unity among northern leaders and urged fellow Nigerians to always support the Tinubu administration in prayers and actions to ensure.
From Kano, Shettima flew to Katsina on another condole visit to renowned businessman, Alhaji Dahiru Mangal, on the passing of his first wife, Hajiya Aisha Dahiru, on Saturday in Abuja.
The late Hajiya Mangal has been buried according to Islamic rites.
Other members of the Vice President’s delegation included a member of the House of Representatives from Kano, Abdulmumin Jibrin, and the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Political Matters, Alhaji Ibrahim Masari.