Ebun Francis|
The governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, on Friday said that the three senators representing the state in the national assembly are useless and ignorant of the real indices of development and progress in a democratic setting.
The governor made the remark while speaking at the flag off of the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign for the local government election in the state.
The outspoken number one citizen of Kaduna state who described the lawmakers as enemies of democracy to the thousands of people said the senators conspired to stop his government from obtaining the loan to build infrastructure and develop the state.
He said the action showed that they were irresponsible and asked the people not to allow “opportunists” like them to remain in the national assembly.
El rufai said, “The senators from the state who worked against the World Bank loan are useless; they came out and said this loan should not be given. What is their reason for rejecting the loan? It is because they are haters of the masses in Kaduna state.”
“If a road project is initiated in your town, they don’t want it to be completed. If we start renovating a hospital, they don’t want it to be completed. If five schools are renovated and 10 are remaining, they will not want the remaining 10 to be renovated.
“Today, there are no haters of the masses of Kaduna state like Shehu Sani, Suleiman Hunkuyi, and Danjuma Laah, God will curse them. God will reward their wickedness against the masses, may God never bless them. All members of the house of representatives from this state, God bless them, may God return them to their seats in 2019.
“Members of our state assembly who gave us their cooperation before the World Bank approved the loan to us, may God bless them and may God return them to their seats in 2019. But those ones that are cursed, if they come to Kaduna, shave their heads and beard. They have shown that they are bastards, they have no origin, therefore, it is important to tell them that they did not originate from this state.
“If the time for election comes, answer them with votes, show them that you don’t like them… Let them go back to where they come from. Let them go to the people they are working for to vote for them.
“I want my people to comprehend the simple logic that the three senators representing my state at the Senate are starkly ignorant of the real indices of development and progress in a democratic setting,” he said.
“Their major concern is to amass money at the expense of their people. The electorate are at liberty to call their buff, and this is the right time.
“I really commend all our legislators serving satisfactorily at the house of representatives and equally thank all the legislators at the state assembly for their absolute commitment and sacrifice. I believe that with the confidence of the electorate they are earning, they are poised to surmount every obstacle.”
“In our position as democrats, we took time our time to restore the dignity of local governments to perform their functions,” he said.
“We inherited a system whereby local governments could not pay salaries without help from the state government… APC is soliciting for your support for the council polls.”
It will be recalled that the three senators from Kaduna state — Shehu Sani (Kaduna central), Sulieman Hukunyi (Kaduna north), and Danjuma Leah (Kaduna south) — blocked a $350 million loan request by the Kaduna government earlier in the year.
The state had sought to get the facility from the World Bank but the federal lawmakers said the loan would erode the economic viability of Kaduna.