By; SANI ABDULRAZAK
As the floodgates of the 2023 campaign season opens, there will, one imagines, be plenty of cloying hodgepodge of strategic maneuvers as those vying for elective offices wouldn’t take any chances, so that there shouldn’t be as the French say ‘temps perdu’ lost opportunity.
The antsy political cumulus heated like never before with a whimsical farrago of tongues analyzing it. These politicians are agog right now corralling votes especially the still-undecided ones that will propel them to victory. They engage, entice and a times sell their vision and mission to the electorates if they get elected. They are busy crossing their t’s and dotting there i’s.
Albeit the campaign window only recently opened, there is no doubt most politicians want to do better for the electorates, but wanting to do something and actually being able to do it are two very different things in governance with only few true democrats and visionary leaders typifying that homogeneity. They do not for a single day cease to carry the people along, they consistently engage the people with a listening ear and constantly impacting positively in their lives.
Expectedly, the campaign bells rang in Kaduna state with an anticipated heated battle in the race to Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, with political observers forecasting a close contest. But one man in the eye of the storm defied these forecasts; Senator Uba Sani, senator representing Kaduna central at the National Assembly, the proverbial Lannister of Kaduna central constituency, one who has paid back the trust his constituents have in him in full.
Superlatives that haven’t already been used him right now are in short supply.
The anticipated heated battle for the governorship of Kaduna state is now looking anything but, Senator Uba Sani keeps surmounting every obstacle in the race. It is lusciously apropos to etch in our minds that the race right from the primaries has been tough, but the political school of thoughts are in limbo as to how this sui generis of a leader successfully made it look easy.
Am sure students of politics will study Senator Uba Sani’s brand of politics in our schools someday; how he made the primaries of his party, All Progressives Congress a landslide victory, but of equal, or perhaps greater significance is how he has won over the people of the state even before the elections.
Well, as difficult as it may seem, Senator Uba Sani has thrillingly been engaging the grassroots consistently and has been in touch with the downtrodden in the society. The empyrean senator is also an intellectual and an excellent speaker, he is so velvet smooth in his expression of ideas with impressive diction and control.
Near the top of his growing list of positives is youth empowerment and inclusion in governance, and Senator Uba Sani with a beaming smile stands head above all, it is glaringly obvious in the composition of his team; Uba Sani Foundation (USF), Uba Sani Empowerment Foundation for the Underprivileged (USEFUL) and all his political appointees and advisers are rigorously selected vibrant, hardworking and dedicated youths, capable of wriggling us out of our challenges and working assiduously towards delivering democratic dividends to the constituency. They form the avant-garde and power the wheels of his impactful change.
And as a way of showing appreciation to distinguished Senator Uba Sani for his youth empowerment and inclusiveness in governance, Men, women, and youth groups from every nook and cranny of the state passionately and exuberantly came together to form the Kaduna Response team, a ‘les gens possédés’ support group with the mandate of ensuring victory for Uba Sani come February 2023, this team is so tremendously unprecedented that it can boldly be said to be the largest most organized and well-structured youth-centered support group the state has ever witnessed.
This team of condignly savvy enthusiasts of the Senator is engaging, working strategically and tirelessly hard to not only ensure victory at the polls but an immense landslide.
It is pleasant but not surprising how the Uba Sani Foundation empowered over a thousand youths from his constituency equipping them with basic skills inter alia agribusiness, tailoring and IT skills, he graciously went ahead also to provide capital start-ups for these youths. A move that has gone a long way in reducing unemployment through both direct and indirect jobs for our teeming youths.
Kvelling farmers within his constituency and beyond are all smiles thanks in no small part to the Senator’s savoir-faire and sophistication. He has and continues to empower thousands of farmers through loans and the provision of farming tools to boost agricultural production and self-reliance in just his constituency, but the state at large.
As a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, he has facilitated projects worth billions of Naira in education and health care delivery to his constituency.
Furthermore, he also provided hundreds of jobs to his people all within three years. You can count on the fingers of one hand the leaders that have had such positive impact on their people since our return to democracy in 1999 as Senator Uba Sani has.
What is particularly fascinating about him is how in a short time, he successfully sponsored one of the highest numbers of bills, and it is not just the amount, but the success and influence these bills have on his constituents and the country at large
While his political opponents are busy dreaming of a miracle, he has successfully done his homework and it is a seemingly inevitable victory for him come February 2023.
The people of Kaduna state know and are fully aware of the giant strides of the El-rufai administration and how pertinently important it is to have someone that does not only share in his vision, but capable of sustaining these cavalcade of developments. They know firsthand of Senator Uba Sani’s resplendency, dexterity and adroitness, he is seemingly the desideratum of good governance.
They are fully aware of the choice before them; continuity and consolidation with Senator Uba Sani, a tried, trusted and tested leader, or deceit, lies, empty promises and retrogression. Well it is obvious the people of Kaduna state have made that choice early enough.
Sani Abdulrazak, author of “The Adventure of Ayya” is a Writer, a Senior Technologist with Ahmadu Bello University Zaria and a member of the Editorial Committee of Kaduna Response Team.
He can be reached via email at sazzak175@gmail.com
