Dr Abdulfatai Buhari, the Chairman, Senate Committee on ICT and Cybercrime has attributed the emphasis on ‘ethnicity sentiment’ as one of the major threat to unity and development of Nigeria.
Senator Buhari who represents Oyo North at the upper chamber of the National Assembly while speaking with journalists in Ibadan at the weekend said the development and advancement of Nigeria is a collective responsibility which must be done diligently and faithfully
“We cannot get anywhere if we do not see ourselves as one, come together, reason together and work as a united entity. We are supposed to be far from where we are now and we can only get to where we should be if we stop selfish agenda and work for the collective benefit of the country”.
The senator advocated for proper orientation of Nigerians about the need to be patriotic and consider themselves as Nigerians first irrespective of tribe, region, political party or religious affiliation “We should think about Nigeria first and put aside other things”
While reacting to the pro and anti President Muhamadu Buhari’s protest in Abuja, the Senator said the protest for and against is needless, “There is no basis for the protest, those calling for his resignation should have allowed the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to guide their action, the Vice President is the acting president and he is effectively playing his role as stated in the constitution and whatever he does or says in that capacity is final because he is in charge”.
He, however, cautioned against politicizing President Buhari’s health issue, he said, “Anybody can fall sick anytime, its abnormal to be playing politics with our president’s health status, he means well for this nation and he is already achieving his mission, he promised war against corruption and he is winning, corruption has reduced drastically, view it from any angle”.
When asked about his level of involvement on the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ogbomoso crisis, the lawmaker said “I am passionate about the plight of about 34,000 students and over 3,000 workers of the institution and that is why myself, supported by 43 other lawmakers moved that the Federal government should rescue the situation, we are working on something and the owners state too are also concluding plans to ensure the students of the institution are back on campus soon.”
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