- 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,” apologised to Nigerians for producing Saraki
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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 realising the damage he has done to
Nigeria.
"Realising 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 rapi*g 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
The
call for recall of the senate president comes at a time when a staunch
supporter and colleague of Bukola Saraki in the Senate, Senator Dino
Melaye is also facing recall crisis.
"And in that registration, UPP like other political parties has a constitution derived from the constitution of Nigeria.
