Kwara State
governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has said that the glamour for restructuring
of the country was a genuine one that would strengthen public institutions to
live up to expectations.
He said
people had the tendency of falling back on their tribes and religions because
the center has not given them the desired justice and equal opportunity.
Similarly, the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, also stated that Nigeria
needed courageous leaders who would not be afraid to say and stand by the truth
at all times. Both leaders spoke at the fifth anniversary lecture series in
honour of late Senator Abubakar Olusola Saraki organised by the Northern Union
in Abuja yesterday. This year’s lecture
came with the theme, “National Unity And Future of Nigeria”. Eulogizing the
late Saraki, Governor Ahmed said he lived preaching peace and unity among the
people of Nigeria. Governor Ahmed, who noted that added that politics should be
about leadership and not selfishness, said: “Through Saraki’s wealth of
experiences, some of us have been able to undergo political tutelage to develop
a political career. ‘’We are happy that he has passed on and still lives on
because he stood for certain values, one of which forms the theme of today’s
activity which is national unity and the future of Nigeria. “For those of us
who are close to him, and took time to go through his political tutelage, we
understood that politics was beyond just wanting to be seen, but about service
to the people. That is one thing we need to take Nigeria back to. In his
remarks, Senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki, while thanking the organizers of
the event, said his later father played an all-inclusive politics where he
cultivated the culture of generosity. He said: “With great humility and honour,
I want to say that it is a great joy to see all our fathers here who are
colleagues and friends of my father. I am happy to see you in good health and
very active. ‘’They say that in life, it is not what you do or say that matters
but this show of singular love and affection. It is really appreciated. “Those
of us that know Northern Union will believe that to him, the union was so
important. He believed in it strongly. For us who grew up under him, I will say
that one of the things we learned from him was that his life was about giving.
He had no limit to what you call giving. “Given that he is not just
materialistic, given his kindness, given affection and style, some of us who
had been around him will believe that with all humility no politician is above him in giving out everything. ‘’He
gave everything in the interest of helping people. I think that that is a
message all of us must continue to learn.”
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