THE BIRTH OF DEMOCRACY IN KADUNA STATE, A CASE STUDY OF SAMAILA SULAIMAN

BY: Shiek AbdulAziz Ibn Baaz | Kaduna State

THE BIRTH OF DEMOCRACY IN KADUNA STATE, A CASE OF SAMAILA SULAIMAN

The new trend in Nigerian politics has brought about a new wind of change with political office holders trying to justify what they were doing to uplift the standard of living of the people. This could be described as what gave birth to the term, ‘democratic dividends’. In some cases, the ‘democratic dividends’ were a mere mockery of what the electorates, the generality of the people, really deserve to make their lives better.

More laughable is the extent some of these political office holders go to attract attention or publicity to what they are doing for the people.

In contrast, Hon. Mal Samaila Sulaiman a member representing Kaduna North is delivering on his electoral promises with little efforts towards publicizing what he is doing. His works speak for him, even critics who had access to the media have started using the word, ‘he tried but …’.

In all sectors, Samaila Sulaiman has recorded successes and unlike some political office holders, who bring big names to commission projects, he  has shown that his interest is in how his programmes are turning the lives of the people around positively and not about the glitz that commissioning of projects attracts in Nigeria.

He recently gave out transformers, projects his administration has executed in the constituency without much publicity but with the sole interest of what such projects will do in the lives of the people. He is simply not out to impress people but to carry out his functions as the member representing KADUNA NORTH, to the best of his ability and to the glory of God.

During a house interactive sitting a while ago, Hon. Samaila Suleiman proposed a bill for the control of gully erosion in his constituency, he proved to his constituents on the floor of the house that his administration care so much in the education sector because of his belief that “education is the key". Without an educated society, you cannot have development. So, he has concentrated on education not just power between power and education, he shows to be having a comprehensive human capital development programme for this constituency at large.

He is simply bringing in a new development in the Nigerian democratic scene where elected office holders will execute projects because such projects will be of benefit to the people not because of personal reasons, especially, receiving accolades for functions which you were naturally elected to perform.

That he is a man of God is obvious with his mien towards the projects he has executed because, it simply means that the glory goes to God. Naturally, his constituency are praying for him knowing that in practical terms, he has delivered on his mandate but, unlike a typical Nigerian politician that believes in propaganda, his achievements speak for him and this may definitely, spur other political office holders to be more focused in changing the lives of the people positively than engaging in massive publicity for delivering on their electoral promises which the people rightly deserve.

Samaila Sulaiman is a silent achiever who strongly believes that the finger of God is at work in the constituency and of course, in every situation, he attributes his achievements to the grace of God. With his strong belief in God and dedication to serving the people, some of the projects he has executed are already in use by the people without commissioning because of the need for such projects by the people.

Kaduna North are indeed lucky to have you

  Shiek AbdulAziz Ibn Baaz writes via Chiromanmah@gmail.com