VP Shettima receives Oloriegbe, other former Senate colleagues, on solidarity visit
*Solicits cooperation for Tinubu
*We came to felicitate with VP our former colleague – Kwara Senator
By BASHIR ADEFAKA
The Nigeria’s Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has called on all Nigerians regardless of socio-political background to support the actualization of the policies and programmes of the administration of President Bola Tinubu.
The Vice President made the call, on Friday, when he received some members of the 9th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on a courtesy visit to him at the Presidential Villa.
The Vice President, who also expressed gratitude for solidarity of his contemporaries in the past legislative era, assured the former lawmakers of his “unflinching support and loyalty”.
According to a statement by Director of Information in the Office of the Vice President, Olusola Abiola, dated July 7 and copy of which was sent to The DEFENDER, Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe, leader of the delegation while addressing State House of Correspondent after meeting the Vice President, said “we are here to felicitate with the Vice President who was one of us.
“We came to felicitate with him on his assumption of office, to also pray for Mr President and himself (the Vice President) for the success of their administration.”
Continuing, he disclosed that “we are also here to pledge our support, as Nigerians, as leaders in this country and as party men in the APC, that we are fully with this government and we will do all that is necessary for the success of the ‘Renewed Hope’ agenda. We also used the opportunity to thank the Vice President for appointing one of us as the Deputy Chief of Staff.”
Other members of the delegation include Senators Ibrahim Danbaba from Sokoto State; Suleiman Kwari from Kaduna State; Yakubu Oseni from Kogi; Hezekiah Dimka from Plateau State; Lawal Anka from Zamfara; Bulus Amos from Gombe; Nora Daduut from Plateau State; Kola Balogun from Oyo State; Kabir Barkiya from Katsina; Oriolowo Adelere from Osun State and Ibrahim Gobir from Sokoto State.
