According to Information Nigeria, the senator-elect of Kwara Central Senatorial District, Dr Ibrahim Oloriegbe, has promised to surpass the records of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki.
Oloriegbe, who recorded victory over Saraki in the just-concluded National Assembly election, said his performance in the Senate within the next four years, would surpass whatever achievements that were being attributed to the former Kwara State governor in his last eight years in Senate.
The APC senator-elect stated this on Thursday in Abuja after collecting his certificate of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission.
He said;
“Despite attaining the position of Senate President in his sojourn in the Senate, Saraki has not set any standard of performance for any successor to study or build on.
Ibrahim Oloriegbe |
“Saraki, by his brand of politics and inordinate political ambition, focuses more on national politics and not responsive and quality representation for Kwara Central people who are his constituents. It is God that gives and takes power from whosoever he wishes.
I thank the Almighty Allah for granting me the grace of being overwhelmingly elected as Senator for Kwara Central in the coming ninth Senate”
“I have the pedigree of service to people and humanity as a trained medical doctor, who had spent decades working with the World Health Organisation and I also have years of experience on the political field rendering selfless service to people and humanity”
“I was the majority leader of Kwara State House of Assembly from 1999 to 2003 under the late Governor Muhammed Alabi Lawal.
My focus in the Senate will squarely be on how to ensure legislative engineering, and provide quality and responsive representation.”
Oloriegbe also promised to improve the lives of his constituents and also work with eight other federal lawmakers from the state to support the governor-elect, Abdulrahaman Abdulrasaq.
All eyes are on Oloriegbe to walk his talk as Kwara Central electorates have done their part by electing him.