Bukola Saraki; Senate President
Senator Bukola Saraki has been
penciled for recall by some of his constituents, the constituents who are
acting under the umbrella of “Kwara Must Change,” apologized to Nigerians for
producing Saraki. The group said by electing Saraki, the people of the
constituency voted for hunger, unemployment, more suffering and extreme
hardship Senate President Bukola Saraki's constituents in Kwara Central
Senatorial District have announced plan to recall him. The constituents who are
acting under the umbrella of “Kwara Must Change,” while announcing their plans
to recall the senate president apologized to Nigerians for producing such
senator for the country. The group as part of their reasons for demanding for the
recall of the senate president said in a statement that they had no option that
to call for Saraki's recall after realizing the damage he has done to Nigeria.
"Realizing the extent of damages done by the man we supplied to Nigeria as
our contribution, we take full responsibility for his stay in the senate while
representing us, though we regret his actions," the group said. Here is
the full text of the statement;
PRESS RELEASE DATE FOR SARAKI’S
RECALL-KWARA MUST CHANGE 11/07/2017
1. We the people of Kwara State are
not happy with what we are getting from Nigeria, but we realized that from
Nigeria, we can only get what we give. Since we are not satisfied with the
result we are getting from the leadership of our nation, we have decided to
review our input.
2. During the just concluded Sallah
Celebration, KwaraMust Change group uses the opportunity of the public holiday
to meet and deliberate on the state of the nation, as well as the current state
of things in our dear Kwara state.
3. The leaders of our group, from
across the length and breathe of the state all contributed to the discussion
and in the process, we heard different tales of agony being experienced by our
people on daily basis. Tears were visible in the eyes of many.
4. After careful consideration of
all factors that are responsible for the stagnation of our nation’s progress,
both at the state and national level, we came to a very sad conclusion that
indeed, what ever suffering we are experiencing today in Kwara State is a self
inflicted one made out of wrong choices. We voted for the wrong people, when we
should have voted for change.
5. We came to the realization that,
while the rest of Nigeria were voting change from one candidate to the other,
bringing in new ideas and hope, we in Kwara didn’t vote for change, we voted
for the same people raping our state with impunity.
6. Our own change in Kwara, was
supposed to be away from the corrupt ruling Saraki dynasty, which has remain a
menace since our return to democracy in 1999, but we didn’t vote for change
during the 2015 election, we voted for hunger, unemployment, more suffering and
extreme hardship. The result is what we are witnessing today.
7. Furthermore, we in Kwara,
particularly in Kwara Central Senatorial District didn’t only voted for leader
of the dynasty Mr. Bukola Saraki to represent us at the Senate, he is our
contribution to the nation and with him as the head of the Legislative Arm of Government,
we have inflicted unimaginable damage on the psychology of the Nigerian people
by contributing, arguably the most corrupt politician Nigeria has today. And to
make matter worse, he became the senate President, a sensitive position capable
of truncating any positive stride being made by the sincere and most patriotic
anti-corruption president.
8. We are sad that our contribution
to Nigeria is the reason why the nation is bleeding; using the position of the
Senate Presidency to hinder sincere fight against corruption, preventing
genuine infrastructural development through misplaced budget allocation, while
promoting fraudulent budget padding and now holding the nation to ransom,
through acts of legislative impunity that is capable of derailing our fragile
democracy.
9. Additionally, the leader of
Saraki dynasty, who is also the senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial
District has abandoned his primary responsibility of representing us in Kwara
Central. He is more concerned in pursing personal interest, which adds no value
to our well being as a people. His over ambition and quest for personal
enrichment is driving him nut, leading to several questionable actions and
unnecessary confrontation with the executive arm of government. This selfish
pursuit has now made the Nigerian Senate abandon its constitutional
responsibility of screening political appointment to score cheap political
point, by way of forcing the removal of the acting Chairman of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) through self help. But this is not what we
sent him to do.
10. Sequel to the foregoing, we
would like to state as follows: • We sincerely apologize to all Nigerians for
electing Senator Bukola Saraki as a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
• We also apologize for making it possible for him to become Senate President
of Nigeria. We had thought that by having one of our own as Senate President,
things would be better for us and the country, but the reverse is now the case.
• Realizing the extent of damages done by the man we supplied to Nigeria as our
contribution, we take full responsibility for his stay in the senate while
representing us, though we regret his actions. • We dissociate the good people
of Kwara Central from all his numerous acts of irresponsibility and declare
that we are against the legislative rascality that the 8th senate under Saraki’s
leadership is now known for.
11. In view of the above, it is
clear that Senator Bukola Saraki has not been representing the interest of
Kwara Central at the Nigerian Senate. It is also clear that he cannot represent
the interest of the people, because he doesn’t care about the existence of the
people.
12. We are therefore declaring that,
in line with the provisions of Nigerian constitution, we the people of Kwara
Central under the Kwara Must Change platform have decided to commence the
process of recall against the Senate President to pave way for a more
responsible senator that will represent us well, so we can begin to get better
results from Nigeria.
13. With this release, we are
putting our coordinators in the 52 wards of Kwara Central on notice, to with
immediate effect, commence the process of recall by assigning representatives
to all polling units within their wards in the 4 Local Governments Areas of
Kwara Central, namely Ilorin West, Ilorin East, Ilorin South and Asa.
14. This appointment of polling unit
representatives as well as mobilization for the recall should be completed
within the next 14 working days and by August 1st 2017, we shall begin the
recall process properly by presenting the recall register to the public for
collection of signatures at the various polling units.
15. We are open to collaboration and
partnership with local associations, community organizations, artisan union and
other civil society organizations to ensure this recall process is successful.
16. We therefore calling on all
groups within Kwara Central Senatorial district to join this patriotic move to
free our people from a discredited senator that is not representing our
interest in whatever capacity, but using our good name to cause havoc against
us, as well as the rest of the nation.
Signed by:
Abdulrazaq O Hamzat; President
Yusuf Olatunji; Kwara Central
Coordinator
Ibrahim Olanrewaju; Ilorin West
Coordinator
Mariam Oniye; Ilorin East
Coordinator
Ahmed Khalil; Asa Coordinator
Waheed Abdullah; Ilorin South
Coordinator
For: Kwara Must Change
