𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐃𝐘 𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍: 𝐀𝐊𝐏𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐎 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐌𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐌:

STATE OF THE NATION

𝗚𝗼𝗱𝘀𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗔𝗸𝗽𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗼, occupies a very sensitive office; President Of The Senate. The duties of the Senate President is very tasking. You are like the engine room of a nation. Interestingly, the skills deployed by Senator Akpabio, to manage the affairs of the legislature has been legendary.

Recall, the legislature in the past, were either accused of unnecessary interference and undue activism or as a rubber stamp assembly but the 10th Assembly has made a difference. They have exercised hugely, a high level of independence.

This is possible owing to the vast knowledge of the current president of the senate, Godswill Akpabio. He understands the ethical values of the legislature, law and the current dynamics in Nigeria’s democracy. Since the assumption of office as Chairman of the National Assembly, Akpabio, has changed the narrative in a seemingly fashionable manner that has brought uncommon stability, decorum, unity, transparency, and the oneness of purpose at the conduct of the affairs of the Nigerian Senate.

This is plausible; especially the commitment witnessed so far, having gone an extra mile to cushion the effect of hardship experienced by the citizens.

To recap, the extension of plenary into their vacation period was extremely patriotic and more so the national intervention against the imploding strike that would have been embarked by the National Association Of Resident Doctors (NARD) was another cap to his feather. As a selfless leader, Senator Akpabio returned to the office while on vacation to engage with the National Association Of Resident Doctors (NARD) and intervened for the sake of national growth.

He calmed the frayed nerves and re-echoed the essence of renewed hope in the minds of our resident doctors and thereby brought succor to the health system.

The rising of the senate president to maintain order and loyalty to democracy at the hallowed chambers, became a turning point in the history of our democracy. The President Of The Senate, His Excellency Godswill Akpabio demonstrated the fact that the Nigerian lawmakers have great respect for the masses and the democracy so practiced.

During the heated debate (session) where one of the ministerial nominees, 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝗮𝗺𝗼 𝗦𝗔𝗡 was drilled and opposed due to negligence (while serving as a Minister Of State for Labour and Productivity) during the ministerial screening; the president of the senate exercised an authority in respect to democracy that brought sustainable hope: his legislative action restored peace and order which encourages team spirit to get the economy running by having onboard credible hands screened for a critical national assignments.

When a nation has her executive cabinet to man the affairs of nationhood; the country is positioned to succeed.

However, the President Of The Senate, in his legislative wisdom led the 10th Assembly through the route of renewed hope to harmonize the vision of the federal government of Nigeria. He stated thus,

“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕. 𝑹𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 62 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒔. 𝑰’𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉.”

“𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒖𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.”

Then he thundered in the midst of dearth silence, “𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒅𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒆.”

“𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆, 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒖𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕.” Akpabio concluded.

Never in the history of the Nigerian senate have I witnessed such authority being exercised by a leader that has the interest of the nation at heart, to move forward. Politely, but with clarity of purpose, he addressed his equals to the consciousness of the Nigerian dream; oneness of purpose, vision and the urgent need to get Nigeria working for the masses by electing to screen worthy servant leaders to discharge their national assignments for the interest of all without undue activism.

Some may, see Akpabio as jovial but he his more purpose-driven, focused and result-oriented than the wishful thoughts of naysayers. This is the leadership we deserve in a great nation as ours. He, has come to inspire the society to greatness with pro human legislation and also responsive to the plight of fellow citizens.

Akpabio is indeed a man with the midas touch!🔥💥✅💪🏾🤝🇳🇬