How SENATE PRESIDENT BUKOLA SARAKI SHOWS MARK OF QUINTESSENCE AS GUEST OF HONOUR IN SUPER EAGLES TRIUMPH IN UYO
“The earth is the very quintessence
of the human condition”-. Hannah Arendt
By
mike cerutti osagie
Quintessential ,the dignified word
that the revered oxford dictionary labeled as" Something representing the most perfect or typical example of a
quality or class." is no doubt the apt word that
can be used to paint Distinguish Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki Last Saturday
When He Stepped Out As Chief Guest Of Honor In The Explosive World Cup
Qualifier Between Nigeria Against Algeria At The Goodwill Akpabio Stadium Uyo
On A Sunny Day Other Politicians Could Have Come Out Dressing in drably 3 piece traditional agbada, or some safari suits, quintessential Saraki came to greet the players with a sharp sporty looking sky blue top, jeans \cap and a sleek green white green emblem by his shoulder
On A Sunny Day Other Politicians Could Have Come Out Dressing in drably 3 piece traditional agbada, or some safari suits, quintessential Saraki came to greet the players with a sharp sporty looking sky blue top, jeans \cap and a sleek green white green emblem by his shoulder
He Turned Out To Be Envy Of All And
Even Before the match he had spoken to the team and advised them not to forget
that millions of Nigerians Are Looking Up to Them Since Football Is The
Greatest Unifying Factor The Magic Worked, Eagles Went On To Triumph In An
Emphatic Manner To This, We Commend The Distinguish Senate President And Hope
His Charm And Charisma Will Bring More Luck To Our Sporting Circle.
The Uyo
match may be case study and what a match, as Victor Moses opened the scoring
with a solo goal from the left then Mikel Obi added a second from a one on one
position after initially thinking he was in an offside position. In the second
half, Nabil Bentaleb scored a cracker from almost 35 yards after Riyad Mahrez
had drawn Oghenekaro Etebo and Ogenyi Onazi out of position with some piece of
trickery. Victor Moses however scored his second and Nigeria’s third when he
found himself free on the left to slot into the net.
Bukola Saraki (born Olubukola Abubakar Saraki, 19 December 1962) is a Nigerian politician who has been President of the Senate of Nigeria since 2015. Previously he was Governor of Kwara State from 2003 to 2011. He was first elected to the Senate in April 2011, representing the Kwara Central senatorial district, and re-elected in the March 2015 elections.
He is a current member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and previous member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).
Abubakar Bukola Saraki was born on 19 December 1962
to the family of Olusola Saraki, a senator (1979 – 1983)
and a one time Senate Leader of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and his mother
Florence Morenike Saraki. He attended King's College, Lagos, from 1973 to 1978,
and Cheltenham College, Cheltenham,
London
from 1979 to 1981 for his High School Certificate. He then studied at the London Hospital Medical College
of the University of London from 1982 to 1987,
when he obtained his M.B.B.S (London). He worked as a medical officer at Rush Green Hospital, Essex, from 1988 to 1989.
He was a director of Société Générale Bank (Nig) Ltd from 1990 to
2000
Senatorial career
After two term tenure as governor of
Kwara State,
Bukola Saraki ran for the office of Senator, representing the Kwara Central Senatorial
District. He won, succeeding his sister, Gbemisola Saraki-Forowa. He was appointed
as the chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology and is also
a member of the Senate Committee on Capital Markets and Finance. He pushed a
motion in the Senate to end the fuel subsidy regime in Nigeria, which has been
an excessive waste of the country’s national resources.
Senator Saraki has campaigned extensively on
health, food security, education and the environment. He has argued for
strengthened laws on the cleanup of oil spills. His National Oil Spill and Detection
and Response Agency Amendment Bill seeks to ensure oil companies pay
appropriate levels of compensation to communities affected by oil spillsSaraki
intervened in the lead poisoning crisis in Zamfara State
in 2010, and has supported to the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, which
ensures safe and healthy methods of cooking for millions of Nigerians while
conserving the environment through reduced deforestation.
He has been a lead campaigner in the areas of
desertification and climate change in the Senate and across Nigeria. Saraki
sponsored a motion on the floor of the Senate to end Nigeria’s fuel subsidy
regime. Other motions and private member bills he has sponsored include the
National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency Amendment Bill 2012, which was
aimed at putting a halt to oil spills in the Niger Delta, the Gas Flaring
Prohibition Bill 2012 and the Climate Change Commission Bill 2013.
Saraki expressed regret after his supporters
died in a human stampede at his residence. This
was not the first time that people had been killed during his family's habit of
distributing money and food to their supporters
Senate Presidency
After his
re-election in the 2015 general elections, Saraki was on 9 June 2015 elected
unopposed as President of the Senate by an across the party alliance comprising
PDP and APC Senators. Saraki had faced stiff opposition from Senator Ahmed
Ibrahim Lawan who was a preferred candidate by a group of senators-elect within
the APC His deputy, Senator Ike
Ekweremadu, emerged after a tightly contested election using a
forged senate standing order.
He is a
sport freak who enjoys watching soccer, he owns a football team and also loves
tennis, beyond sports, and he has a high taste for books and is regarded as a
very avid reader
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*Mike Cerutti Osagie, is a bestselling selling motivational writer,
image /brand consultant and global
facilitator
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He can be reached on +234 7042631895
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