15 reasons Tinubu gave for picking Shettima, fellow Muslim as running mate

It is no longer news that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, has picked a fellow Muslim, Kashim Shettima as his running mate.

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Tinubu unveiled Shettima despite outcry by Nigerians that same faith ticket would further divide Nigeria.

In a lengthy article, Tinubu explained his reason for running a same faith ticket.

See 10 reasons he gave for his choice of vice.

• Let me make the bold and innovative decision not to win political points but to move the nation and our party’s campaign closer to the greatness that we were meant to achieve.
• I made this choice because I believe this is the man who can help me bring the best governance to all Nigerians, period, regardless of their religious affiliation or considerations of ethnicity or region.
• Today, I announce my selection with pride because I have made it not based on religion or to please one community or the other.
• I made this choice because I believe this is the man who can help me bring the best governance to all Nigerians, period, regardless of their religious affiliation or considerations of ethnicity or region.
  Some have counselled that I should select a Christian to please the Christian community.
• Other have said I should pick a Muslim to appeal to the Muslim community. Clearly, I cannot do both.
• Both sides of the debate have impressive reasons and passionate arguments supporting their position.
• Both arguments are right in their own way.
• But neither is right in the way that Nigeria needs at the moment.
• As president, I hope to govern this nation toward uncommon progress.
• This will require innovation. It will require steps never before taken.
• It will also require decisions that are politically difficult and rare.
• If I am to be that type of President, I must begin by being that type of candidate.