Why Saraki lost election - Kwara senator-elect

Date: 2019-02-28

Mallam Sadiq Umar, the senator-elect for Kwara North Senatorial District, says Senate President Bukola Saraki lost his senatorial seat because he was no longer connected with the electorate.

Mr Umar said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Ilorin.

The senator-elect, who was reacting to the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, said Mr Saraki's political relevance had always been overrated.

He said that the senate president was able to hold the state in his grips for so long because elections had always been rigged in his favour.

According to him, Kwara has suffered a protracted leadership problem and now they have the opportunity to speak out loudly.

"The victory is an anticipated one and we are very happy about it. Everybody is very happy because it was a very free and fair election. "Kwarans are very clear; enough is enough. They have not had a good leader and those who are ruling Kwara are not giving the best of leadership to the people.

"So the people want a change and we are very happy the electorate have spoken very loudly that they are with APC and all candidates of APC won the elections from Presidential to National Assembly members," he said.

Mr Umar described the development as a new dawn for Kwara, saying all what the citizens had been deprived would be given to them.

"Kwara will see development in infrastructure, employment, empowerment, prompt payment of salary and improvement in salary among others," he said.

He urged the citizens to keep faith with the party and the newly elected representatives, assuring that they would not fail the people.

"My message to them is that there is hope for them. We will never fail them.

"We are aware of the nascent experience in Nigeria, particularly in Kwara. We just have to deliver the goods to the people of Kwara or else there will be a judgment day.

"We are aware of that. We are responsible citizens who came into politics for the purpose of serving our people.

"We are very grateful that they kept the faith. They promised they will support us and they did it overwhelmingly.

"We are going to pay them back with good governance and the best service we can render to them.

"So there is hope in Kwara, particularly in Kwara North that is backward in everything.

"We need to speed and catch up as soon as we can,'' said the newly elected senator. (NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Seed Technologies     AbdulGafar Tosho     Curfew     Abubakar Usman Jos     Hajj     Awwal Jawondo     Shonga     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Kwara State Governor     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Olatomiwa Williams     Toyosi Thomas     Saad Omo\'ya     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Lola Ashiru     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     YAKOOYO     Isiaka Oniwa     Tunde Kazeem     Saliu Alamoyo     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Saad Belgore     Amos Justus Sayo     Tope Daramola     Kwara     UNILORIN Alumni     Bayo Onimago     Oro Grammar School     AGF Abdulrazaq     Pacify Labs     Eghe Igbinehi     Ahmed     Idiagbon     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Transition Implementation Committee     Ahmad Uthman     Lucky Omoluwa     Kehinde Boyede     Abdulrasheed Akogun     LABTOP     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Ilorin Central Mosque     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Sheriff Shagaya     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     All Peoples Party     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Raheem Adaramaja     Abdulazeez Uthman     Sanusi Abubakar     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Issa Oloruntogun     Salman Suleiman     Mumeen Lah     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Alagbado     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Sabo-Oke     CELF     Doyin Awoyale     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Radio SBS     Anilelerin     Galadima     Kwara State Sports Commission     Alimi     Shehu Jimoh     Alaaya     Shehu Adaramaja     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     AbdulRahman Saad    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Ilorin.Info     Suleiman Ajadi     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     John Olajide Adedipe     Adanla-Irese     Mike Omotosho     EFCC     Nigeria Customs Service     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Tsaragi     Admiralty Villa     Akanbi-Oke     Tunde Yusuf     Isa Aremu     JMK Construction Company Limited     Al-Ilory     CACOVID     Owo Isowo     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Oyelere Oyinloye     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Undergraduate Bursary     Sabitiyu Grillo     Shade Omoniyi     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Ilorin Central Mosque     Durosinlohun Atiku     Aso Ofi     Hijaab     Doyin Group     SSA Youth     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Aiyedun     Bisi Oyeleke     Roheemat Hammed     Www.Kwarareports.com     Femtech     IYA YUSUF     Alfa Yahaya Road     Adekunle David Dunmade     Ilorin General Hospital     Demola Banu     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Owu Fall     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     A.E. Afolabi     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Monkey Pox     Gobirawa     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Esuwoye     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Ike Ekweremadu     Olam Food Ingredients     Adebayo Salami     Bayo Onimago     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Magaji Are     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     SDP     Baba Isale     Kwara Poly     AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi     Adedipe     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Ayobami Akanbi     Aliyu Umar     COVID-19 Palliatives     Adegoke Bamidele     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Zaratu Umar