Browsing: Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki

Saraki, while giving out cheques to the beneficiaries, said the gesture was in fulfillment of his electioneering promise to channel his pensions as former Governor of Kwara State into a scholarship fund for the benefit of brilliant but indigent students in the country

Faden, who was a one-time coordinator of the Abubakar Bukola Saraki Presidential Campaign Organisation in Plateau State, described Senator Saraki as an astute, amiable and detribalised leader, who is working tirelessly to cement the different fault lines of ethnic and religious divides in the zone for the emergence of a stronger and virile North Central.

He said: “What happened was unfortunate. I believe that, in the Senate, the National Assembly, there are many courts – the court of the law and the court of public opinion and we all represent constituenciesHe said: “What happened was unfortunate. I believe that, in the Senate, the National Assembly, there are many courts – the court of the law and the court of public opinion and we all represent constituencies

Saraki traced the dictatorial tendency and resort to unilateral decisions to undue intervention of the PDP National Executive Committee, led by Tukur, in the internal affairs of state chapters, particularly in Adamawa and Rivers States and the lack of confidence in the ability of the Tukur-led executive to uphold the sanctity of the peoples interest as some of the reasons for dumping the party

Saraki, the father of the chairman of the club.
The Chairman of the NPL, Chief Victor Rumson Baribote, in a condolence message to the management of ABS FC, described the death of the Saraki patriarch as a big loss to Nigeria, considering his contributions to the political and economic development of the country

While commiserating with the Sarakis on the death of their patriarch, Oshiomhole recalled his first encounter with the deceased as a young trade union activist, how the late Saraki bailed them out when they ran out of money and could not pay their hotel bills after a union meeting in Ilorin

The team’s General Manager, Alloy Chukwuemeka, who disclosed this in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, said Saraki believes strongly that the welfare of players should be a topmost priority to achieve excellence and to get the best performances