Senator-elect, Kwara South Senatorial District, Dr. Rafiu Ibrahim, has said the forthcoming 8th Senate will support the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, in his avowed anti-graft war.
He stated that all efforts should be on deck to rid the nation of corruption, noting that corruption had retarded national development.
He spoke on Tuesday at the burnt Owode Market in Offa, Offa Local Government Area in Kwara State, when he paid a sympathy visit to the affected victims.
Ibrahim, who is currently a member representing Ifelodun/Offa/Oyun Federal Constituency, noted that the massive and monumental fire disaster had negatively affected economic and business activities in Offa.
He promised to collaborate with the state and the local governments as well as other relevant bodies to give succour to the victims.
The senator-elect said the 8th Senate needed a vibrant, efficient, competent and courageous president to galvanise the 109 senators to more commitments in national development.
Meanwhile, prominent academics from about five universities and politicians across the country have endorsed Saraki, who described him as being eminently qualified to become the President of the 8th Senate.
The academic spoke during a summit at the Kwara State University.
The summit was entitled, ‘Why Senator Bukola Saraki is the most appropriate and desirable candidate for Senate president.’
The speakers included the Vice-Chancellor, KWASU, Prof. AbdulRasheed Na’Allah, who was represented by the Provost of the College of Humanities, KWASU, Prof. Saka Mahmud; a lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Ilorin, Dr. Fatai Aremu; a lecturer at Ekiti State University, Dr. Azeez Olaniyon; a lecturer at the Redeemers University, Ede, Osun State, Dr. Jeremiah Omotola; and a lecturer at Adekunle Ajasin University, Dr. Isaac Aladegbola.
Source:Punch
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