Chairman, Senate Committee on
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Cybercrime, Dr. Abdulfatai
Buhari has insisted that he and other 17 Senators from the South West
geopolitical zone would continue to align with the decision of the leaders of
the zone in rejecting the proposed cattle colony by the Federal Government.
Buhari spoke in Iseyin, during a
town hall meeting and empowerment program he organised for the people of Oyo
North senatorial district.
The ceremony held at the
permanent orientation camp of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
At the event were Governor Abiola
Ajimobi and members of the state executive council; State Chairman of the
ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Akin Oke who led other executive
members of the party; Aseyin of Iseyin, Oba Abdulganiy Adekunle Ologunebi,
other royal fathers from the senatorial district among others.
Buhari, who currently represents
Oyo North district in the National Assembly, told newsmen that it would amount
to injustice if he and other Senators from the zone support a policy that may
cause trouble later.
He said that the program, where
he donated 13 transformers, 300 motorcycles, 34 vehicles, 40 deep freezers,
generating sets, sewing machines, scholarships to 200 students in tertiary
institutions, N25,000 each to 50 widows and donation of WAEC forms to 300
students across the district, was organized to give back to his people who
elected him.
Buhari said: “It is not my own
view, I don’t have any view. I queued in to what our leaders say; the view of
our leaders in the South West, and everybody knows what we want in South West.
“They send you to represent them
not to push your personal opinion. Look at the potentials we have in Oke-Ogun;
Oke-Ogun is an agrarian area.
“So for you now to bring people
to come and destroy their crops and farms, nobody will take that, nobody will
support that. Oke-Ogun will be the most affected area for such policy because
it is an agrarian area.
“So I will key in to the position
of our leaders and the idea is that look: your own job should not disturb
others neither mine should disturb you. So we are supporting the position of
Afenifere.”
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