In the words of His Excellency, Senator Kashim Shettima, the erstwhile Governor of Borno State, and incumbent Vice Presidential Candidate of Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress, at the 2022 Annual Conference of the Nigeria Bar Assiciation:

"I am the 'Golden Boy' of Zenith. In Jim Ovia's World, the sole parameter for assessing people, is the level of your competence, and your imports. I dare say that no one...grew faster, in the history of Zenith Bank, than myself".

Awesome! The faster grown staff in the history of Nigeria's Zenith Bank was His Excellency, Senator Kashim Ibrahim Shettima, and he was branded the "golden boy of Zenith". Very remarkable!

His being a Banker, at the foremost, puts the matter of how he dressed to the 62th NBA Conference to rest. He would not have grew so fast in Zenith Bank if he could not wear his suits well, nor know what shoes would match his outfit on a normal work day. We all know how Bankers dressed to work on work days.

If Asiwaju Bola Tinubu does not grant Senator Shettima such audacious opportunity, how else would a mentor promote his mentee? What mattered more to the most formidable political strategist in Nigeria was truly about how the opportunity of attending the NBA Conference would add to, or subtract from the most challenging Presidential Ticket, going into next year's election, especially about the ticket being of same faith.

Some Nigerians are bunches of soundly sentimental-cotnered, and emotionally-driven people, who judge others through the prism of their ignorance. It is for this kind of mindset - lazy mindsets - that Rev (Dr) Martin Luther King Jnr mentioned his evergreen statement about judging a man by the "content of his character", and nothing else.

What many who criticised Senator Shettima's appearance at the 62th NBA Conference failed to understand, was on how he de-emphasized his outlook, in order to express his eloquence, the depth of his excellence, his leadership traits, and a sound knowledge his Principal, with whom he hopes to work.

As a reputable Banker, it was a huge joke that anyone would mock Senator Shettima because of the way he appeared at the NBA Conference. A good follower of Senator Kashim Shettima would naturally observe how very comical he is in true life.

Let's recollect his comical reference to the "Okigwe Tomatoes Dealer" called Ahmed Lawal, and how "nice man" (like Vice President Osinbajo) sell ice cream and popcorn". He is just a jolly good fellow and that was what he demonstrated by his outfit at the NBA Conference.

Everybody dresses deliberately. Even family members would have observed and made suggestions about his outfit while he was leaving home, and his aides may also have wondered to themsleves about how "oga" appeared.

These are everyday happenings, in our homes especially. Sometimes, it leads to the change of outfits, and like in Senator Shettima's case, it was very deliberate, and he needed to prove some very severe points about himself, otherwise, and apart of what he wore, and how he appeared in them.

Senator Shettima's outfit was purely diversionary to avail those "OBI-litrators" and the "dis-ATIKU-lated" time-wasters the reflection of their hate and foolishness.

Senator Kashim Shettima's representation of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the testament, readily available to understanding how the Asiwaju markets his leadership mentees.

In a recent "My Asuwaju Story" video that went viral, the pioneer winner of the New Era Foundation Spelling Bee Competition, who became the first One-Day Governor of Lagos State, recalled how the Asiwaju delegated him to speak on his behalf at a Youths Conference in Lagos. It is a usual phenomenon for the Asiwaju to delegate responsibilities that are promotional of his leadership recruits.

His representation of the Asiwaju at the Yoyths Conference projected that young man, who was serially trained by the Lagos State Governement, and in representing Asiwaju Tinubu at an International Youths Conference became the way the Asiwaju moved him on in life.

The young man is now a serial entrepreneur, and an employer of labour. So when Mr Peter Obi talked about Nigeria needing a "visionary leader" for the next administration, Senator Kashim Shettima revealed the one who is "available (to Nigerians) for free" - Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

It was very clear to the Asiwaju that more than his Candidature, the most attacked Candidature, going into the 2023 Presidential election, has continued to be that of Senator Kashim Ibrahim Shettima, and it was a strategic decision by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to have Senator Shettima go out to the NBA Conference to show the stuff he is made of.



With Senator Kashim Shettima's attendance at the NBA Conference, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu proved it clearly how his "Cabinet meetings would not be to preach the Bible nor the Qu'ran..."

More than the credits he would have derived from honouring his invitation to the NBA Conference in person, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu needed Senator Kashim Shettima to go out there before the August gathering of Nigeria's Bar and Bench to reel out what Nigerians should expect of the Bola Tinubu Presidency from May 29 2023, reeling them off hands.

Senator Shettima refused to talk about how the Tinubu Presidency would improve the local economy, or on how they would manage Nigeria's money because they are all products of developmental economics. He dwelled on transitioning global trends, and why Nigeria is expected to be a leading light in the expected African Renaissance, joining in with the current global transitions.

Hear him: "In this age where others are talking about Artificial Intelligence, about nanotechnology, about biotechnology, we need a leader, who has the skill-set, a leader who understands the global economy, to shepherd us in this age".

Looking at the Bola Tinubu Presidency, I can see Nigeria coming up with the beauty of UAE in Dubai, and spanning out globally with the escalated structural civilisation of China in Beijing.

Ini Akpan Morgan writes from Abuja-Nigeria

The motive is fear, the fear of being beaten black and blue by a candidate that is much more prepared.

Those who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day

You want to disgrace an old grandfather in front of millions of voters, you guys don't have any respects

Well spoken

He has brought attention to himself.

When next he speaks, people would pay attention.

He undestands marketing.

So he deliberately dressed that way just to provide comic relief,abi. God forbid BAT thing. God forbid they win, otherwise he'll wear T-shirt & combat shorts to the UN General assembly since outfits to important political events don't matter.

Moh247:
Well spoken

safiu do you love me ?

He has established a very high expectation for him and his principal with his eloquent delivery at the confidence.

He made it clear, that he and his principal are prepared to hit the ground running once they resume office immediately.

In all sincerity, I was also sceptical about the choice of VP Tinubu presented before us as just political strategy but now I'm more convinced that he has choosing one of the best educated, competent and visionary leader from the North

All the best to Cityboy/Goldenboy