Recall Petition: Senator Lawal Usman Calls KEF ‘Regular Customer’, Urges Constituents To Remain Calm

 Senator Lawal Usman, who represents Kaduna Central Senatorial District, has described the calls for a recall referendum by the Kaduna Elders Forum over alleged non-performance as laughable.

Recall that chairman of KEF, Inuwa Rigasa, had threatened to recall the lawmaker over alleged failure to fulfill campaign promises while also accusing him of undermining peace in the state.

‘Since becoming a member of the  Senate in 2023, Senator Lawal Adamu has failed to speak up or act in the interest of his constituents despite the prevailing economic hardships. This is unprecedented in the history of senatorial representation in the state’ Rigasa had submitted..

Team@orientactualmags.com  learned that Senator Lawal Usman has however in a statement issued in Kaduna on Tuesday by his Senior Special Assistant, Mr Segun Olatunji described the KEF’s outbursts as ‘laughable’ and ‘infantile’.

‘I am too busy with my legislative duties to engage in disputatious arguments with frivolous individuals working to achieve the selfish interests of some unserious politicians hiding behind a finger to fight political battles with me.

What became of the group’s earlier recall threat with a 14-day ultimatum made to me last year under the cover of the Kaduna Peace and Tranquility Forum (KPTF)? The rehash of the same threat by the same set of individuals under a new name (KEF) is laughable and curious’ he said.

Senator Usman also accused the KEF members of working in the interest of their sponsors and paymasters, rather than the people of Kaduna Central Senatorial District.

‘I urge the good people of Kaduna Central Senatorial District not to allow themselves to be deceived by the lies being peddled against me by the so-called Kaduna elders, as they lack the morality to continue to pretend to love the ordinary people of the constituency, whereas they have been engaged in their nefarious activities in the interest of their sponsors and paymasters’ he said.

The Senator highlighted his achievements in the past 18 months, including the provision of 100 smart primary school buildings, scholarships, boreholes for potable water, solar lights, entrepreneurial training for farmers, sponsorship of hundreds of students for WAEC and UTME (JAMB) examinations, business startup capital for 500 beneficiaries, payment of registration fees for 1,000 tertiary institution students, training for 100 women in soap making, and training for 200 beneficiaries in fish farming.

‘Specifically, I have recorded unprecedented achievements in the past 18 months by providing among many others 100 smart primary school buildings, scholarships, boreholes for potable water, solar lights, entrepreneurial training for farmers, sponsorship of hundreds of students for WAEC and UTME (JAMB) examinations, N500,000 each as business startup capital given to no fewer than 500 beneficiaries, payment of the registration fee for 1000 tertiary institutions students, training for 100 women in soap making with startup capital and training of 200 beneficiaries in fish farming with startup capital’ he said.

Usman also cited his motion seeking to expedite the reconstruction of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano expressway, which received unanimous approval from the Senate, as well as four crucial motions and four bills currently in their third reading stages.

He urged his constituents to remain calm and disregard the KEF’s recall threat, handling it with the disdain it deserves.

‘I urge my constituents to remain calm in the face of the needless provocative statements by the KEF, while also disregarding the group’s recall threat by handling it with the disdain it deserves’ the senator said-Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you