A former Presidential Candidate and a Chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has described the dying of Ghali Na’Abba, former Speaker of Nigeria’s Home of Consultant and former Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, as an enormous loss to Nigeria’s politics and democracy.
In an announcement launched by his Media Workplace in Abuja on Wednesday, Olawepo-Hashim defined that the duo had been political giants who bestrode the nation’s political panorama.
He maintained that the previous speaker was a patriot, selfless politician, and true democrat who sacrificed his ambition by repelling dictatorship and instituting the independence of the Legislature, including that “Na’Abba was inspiringly principled, brave and a deeply patriotic Nigerian who was utterly detribilised, tolerant, liberal, mild and affectionate.”
Based on him, Nigeria and Nigerians will certainly miss this nice Nigerian and a selfless politician whose effort to maintain democracy and good governance within the nation stays indelible.
On Akeredolu, Olawepo-Hashim burdened that the previous Governor of Ondo state contributed immensely within the battle to uphold the rule of regulation in Nigeria by means of his authorized follow and as President of the NBA, earlier than venturing into partisan politics.
He famous that the previous Ondo State governor was a believer within the rules of true federalism and his dying would stay as a terrific loss to the nation .
“Each males I knew carefully. With Na’Abba, we had been within the “class of 1999” collectively as I used to be energetic within the Nationwide Government Committee of the ruling celebration each as a nationwide officer and as founding Chairman of the Group of 54 NEC members when the late Na’Abba succeeded Salisu Buhari as Speaker.
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“In 2019 after I contested as President, Na’Abba with DR Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), co-chaired my marketing campaign council. I shared the deep hope of full restoration with him as he struggled to outlive the sickness that took him at my final go to with him,” Olawepo-Hashim mentioned.
The frontline politician prayed that God would grant the households and the family members of those two nice Nigerians the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss .
Born on September 27, 1958, the previous Speaker breathed his final within the early hours of Wednesday in Abuja. Na’Abba, a outstanding determine in Nigerian politics, served because the Speaker of the Home between 1999 and 2003. He represented the Kano Municipal Federal Constituency, securing victory in the course of the April 1999 basic elections.
Na’Abba was a political scientist and a coverage architect. He obtained a bachelor’s diploma in Political Science from the Ahmadu Bello College, Zaria in 1979. His early training was at Jakara Main College, Kano the place he obtained his First College Leaving Certificates in 1969.
As a Political Science pupil of Ahmadu Bello College, Zaria, he was elected as an govt committee member of the ABU chapter of the revolutionary Individuals’s Redemption Occasion established within the Second Republic by the maverick politician, Mallam Aminu Kano.
As a pupil of Mallam Aminu faculty of excellent governance, nation constructing and transparency in politics he grew to become a notable politician in Kano state and Nigeria generally.
