His Excellency, Sen. Kashim Shettima, GCON

  • Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria

Kashim Shettima Mustapha GCON is a Nigerian politician who is the 15th and current vice president of Nigeria. He previously served as senator for Borno Central from 2019 to 2023, and as the governor of Borno State from 2011 to 2019. After Mr Shettima left the university, he returned to the Commercial Bank of Africa and was posted to Lagos as the Head of Accounts. In 1997, he joined the African International Bank in Kaduna as deputy manager and rose to the position of bank manager. In 2001, he joined Zenith Bank, where he spent six years. He rose from the head of the Maiduguri main branch of the bank to a senior manager. He was also named the Zonal Head (Assistant General Manager) of the Northeast region. He left the bank as a general manager in 2007 after he was appointed commissioner by the governor of Borno at the time, Ali Modu-Sheriff. Mr Shettima was first named the Commissioner of Finance and Economic Development but later served in four other ministries, including Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Education, Agriculture and Health.