‘Northerners not getting what they expected from Tinubu’ — Arewa Youth President Shettima

Alhaji Shettima Yerima, President of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has said that some northerners who campaigned for and voted for President Bola Tinubu in 2023 are now living with regrets.

Shettima, who made the statement in an interview with Saturday Vanguard, reacted to the current economic situation of the country and said the people of the region are disappointed with the present administration.

According to him, the expectations that President Tinubu’s government would correct the wrongs of former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration have not been met.

He said: “In some quarters, there are certain regrets in the northern region. Don’t forget that the eight years of Buhari’s administration brought nothing to the north.

“So, the expectation was so high that Tinubu knew where the problem lay. Someone like me, who had worked with him and took him as a role model, believed that he understood the problems of this country and would approach them not as a military man but as a democrat and would be able to proffer solutions.

“But the people are disappointed because they are not getting what they expected from him.”

DAILY POST reports that some political bigwigs in the region have reportedly begun making moves aimed at removing the president from Aso Rock Villa in 2027.

The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, had, in April 2024, declared that Nigerians in the region regret their support for Tinubu in the 2023 election, stressing that such mistakes will not be repeated in 2027.