Tinubu committed to bridging infrastructure gaps – Shettima

Vice President Kashim Shettima has said that the administration of President Bola Tinubu is poised in its commitment to bridging the infrastructure gap and ending the erosion menace in the Southeast geopolitical zone.

The Vice President also announced grants of N150,000 to outstanding Micro Small, and Medium Enterprises in Enugu.

Shettima, who stated this while launching the 5th edition of the Expanded National Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Clinic in Enugu, also hailed Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State for his huge performance in lifting the people of Enugu and the state from the ruins of poverty to the current state of economic prosperity

He expressed happiness that Mbah’s administration had positively changed the face of Enugu State within a short time in office.

“Until the emergence of Governor Peter Mbah, Enugu was a sleepy town that didn’t even have water supply,” Shettima said.

“So, Your Excellency, we want to thank you. We want to commend you. We want to identify with you. Honestly, I’m quite pleased to be in your midst this afternoon. We’ve had some very fruitful discussions with the honourable speaker.”

While lamenting that erosion was already affecting the livelihood of Nigerians in the region, Shettima disclosed that the president had concluded plans to have discussions with the National Assembly and the governors of the Southeast to come up with a workable solution to deal with the erosion within the region.

He said: “The problems of the Southeast are problems of infrastructural deficit; problems of erosions that are affecting the very livelihood of our people.

“We’ve made arrangements with him(speaker). We will sit with the leadership of the national assembly. We’ll sit with the governors of the Southeast and come up with a whole solution to deal with the erosion especially, in the states like Anambra and Abia, and even Enugu is not left out of this scourge of erosion. These are issues that need practical solutions.

“An in all honesty in terms of governance, we’ve never had it so good on the Southeast like the current dispensation. We have to sustain that brotherhood, that relationship for the good of our people. Through development, through investments in education, we can change the narratives from negativity to positivity.

“The President told me that I must come to Enugu and assure the good people of Enugu that our government must do whatever we can to support the people of Southeast.”