Senate President Bukola Saraki has been trending since Friday, after an
audio of an address he gave to young supporters was leaked, by the
activist, Kayode Ogundamisi.
One of the shocking things he said was that he left the All Progressives
Congress, for his old party, the Peoples Democratic Party, because
President Muhammadu Buhari did not reward him financially.
Here are the highlights of the audio, that has drawn flaks for the politician from Kwara State :
“All that you have complained about tonight is on point, I can not find
anything you have said that is not on point, you complained about
empowerment”
“Let us agree that the last three and a half years, things have not been
easy at all, I agree and accept things have not been easy at all,
particularly in the area of empowerment”
“Before 2015 I have always tried to empower the youth and get you
involved in appointments, but this time around as a result of what I
call human factor, things have not been the same, I believe it is the
will of God” “When you all are complaining and you give example of
Gegele and co and you compare it to what is happening now, I am sure you
are asking yourself, what is happening? how come all of you struggling
with me are not rewarded, it is unacceptable”
“What is the point of putting everything into the emergence of a
government and we could not benefit anything from the government, you
are asking yourself, what have you benefited”
“If you have not benefited personally in the last 3 and a half years,
how do you go to market us, wont people ask you what you have benefited
for yourself?
“It got to a stage that people will be making fund of you and asking you
what you have benefited, but what is happening from Abuja, use me as an
example, in 2015 I carried @OfficialAPCNg on my head around Nigeria
“Hardly any state in Nigeria that I did not campaign for @MBuhari, up to
the time of the election in 2015, out of 36 states I paid for the
election of 30 states”
“Out of 36 states in Nigeria I funded @MBuhari campaign in 30 States,
some states I paid 200 Million Naira, some 300 Million, some 400
Million, the only states I did not fund are South West States”
“Many times I will be calling my banks to send money to fund elections
across Nigeria for @MBuhari my thinking was that when we get elected,
the next thing is that we will get majority of our people appointments”
“In fact I had already promised some of you here that you will either be
MD of Federal agencies, either road maintenance, NIPDA (inaudible) even
Nigerian Ports Authority, SUBEB and so on and so forth”
“I know if I put someone amongst you from Kwara even in the smallest
Federal agencies, the contract you will sign out, 1Million, 2 Million,
but for the first time that I have been in politics even speaker can’t
appoint a cleaner”
“I as President of @NGRSenate I could not even appoint a cleaner not to
talk of Board appointment, if you look at Executive positions I have
nothing even after spending Billions for three and a half years, I am as
angry as you are.
“I am fighting @MBuhari because of you, if it because of me I wont
fight, it is not easy to fight the federal government, the sufferings
you are all going trough is because they did not fulfil our agenda”
“In 2018 I told you all I won’t be going with @OfficialAPCNg but in the
last one or 2 months that I left I have been doing a lot for you people,
my politics is for all of you, I am just here to empower you all, dont
mind the one who just bought form for 33M ”
“It was not my plan not to appoint you, when when David Mark was
@NGRSenate President, every confirmation he made for the @NGRPresident
came with something, if they really love us now you will be empowered”
“In the past we they have a cut for Senate President and Speaker but not
anymore, so we are no longer going with APC as soon as we joined PDP
they called me National Leader when I lost election @atiku came to me
immediately”
“Now we have seen the sign that if @atiku becomes @NGRPresident things
will come to us, he told me I am the only one that can run his campaign,
I know it is not easy for you all, but let me assure you things will be
better”
“God see my “aniyan” (Arabic word meaning the mind) now in PDP they have
brought us closer, how many people in Kwara did APC bring together in
Kwara, now we will soon have power, today in APC they want us to go to
@AsiwajuTinubu in Lagos”
“If I am the only one in PDP I will fight alone, my Father made Kwara
and took Kwara to the top 10 in Nigeria and I also took Kwara to between
number 1 to 3 in Nigerian politics and they now want us to bow to
Lagos.
“In the coming election we will put Youth into power in Kwara, let us
take @Atunwa_1 as he his, he will take care of you all, all those who
contested against him are loyal but Atunwa will….. inaudible” (applause)
“When I was Governor I gave a lot of young people contract, they buy
land etc and then empower others, I want to return you to the days of
when I was Governor when you were all enjoying, @atiku will open things
when we win election”
“You know as a leader I see things that followers don’t see, when we
followed @MBuhari we felt after spending money, we saw that he failed to
reward us, so we said this Baba is not coming back, no money, no
patronage all over Nigeria”
“Even with all the problem we have with @MBuhari the little cut I get I
always send to Kwara but I can tell you that we had to design a method
to make the little we have, they did not involve us in sharing”
“The only agenda APC have for Kwara is to fight Bukolasaraki , they
favour Osun State with empowerment, for the remaining time of @MBuhari
we will still get some things, we gave them list for FIIRS for 3 years
they did not employ our list”
“Thank you for listening to me”
Someone declares that Bukola Saraki gave the young listeners 3 Million Naira.
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