Saraki: Democrat and hero of democracy
His several travails and circumstances surrounding his ascension to the position of the President of Senate and subsequent persecutions and trials that seem unending since he ascended the position of the Senate President are enough to describe Senator Bukola Saraki as a cat with nine lives. In 2015 when Saraki and other like minds at […]
His several travails and circumstances surrounding his ascension to the position of the President of Senate and subsequent persecutions and trials that seem unending since he ascended the position of the Senate President are enough to describe Senator Bukola Saraki as a cat with nine lives.
In 2015 when Saraki and other like minds at the Senate dared all odds and intimidations to stand for what they believe in and elected Saraki who they believe will give them the reputable leadership and respect the Senate truly deserves and not make it a rubber stamp to the executive, it was as if they pulled down the honeycomb. Like angry bees whose abode has been destroyed, those who were supposed to be spectators in the affairs of the Senate but attempted to position themselves as the alpha and omega of whatever goes on at the Senate by calling the shots from the outside thereby rendering the Senate useless, started instituting and uprooting baseless allegations to derail the Senate.
Three years down the line, the Senate still stands firmly, commanding so much respect, daily earning the trust and confidence of the people as the most active and performing arm of government in Nigeria since 2015 when the APC government came on board. The Senate achieved all these under the turbulent but focused leadership of Saraki which has survived several attempts to pull him and the Senate down, and also sway public sympathy against them.
It is on record in the history of this nation, that affairs of the National Assembly has never been so open like it is presently made open under the #OpenNASS of Saraki. But naysayers would want us to believe otherwise, despite the regular exposure by the Senate of unwholesome affairs the executive engages in running this country.
If there is any arm of the Nigerian government since 2015 which has gone beyond mere sloganeering the fight against corruption, then the 8th Senate under Bukola Saraki deserves a lot of accolades for its holistic contribution to the war against corruption in Nigeria.
Back at home in Kwara state, Saraki has not stopped paying his dues to his people. He never allowed the workload and busyness of being the number three citizen in the country distract him from delivering the dividends of democracy to his constituents at the right time. He cannot be likened to the prophets not not honoured in their own town, he commands a high level of respect and honour in his home base.
Putting into consideration that those who have failed in their several attempts to debase and pull Saraki down are not relenting, they will restrategise to refire, one can only ask for greater strength for Saraki to survive the raging storm still in the offing. The test of a true man is in the days of adversity.
Sunny Musa wrote from Ilorin