The senate president, Ahmed Lawan on Tuesday stated Nigerians in spite of trusting Senators enough to vote them usually see them (senate members) as bad people because they hardly understand them.
Lawan stated this while reiterating that the Senate will continue to act in ways that will make Nigerians have a positive impression of them.
The senate president prior to the statement thanked Senator Ahmed Babba Kaita for sponsoring a bill to rename Federal Poly Daura after late Senator Mustapha Bukar. The bill was on Tuesday passed for second reading.
The bill was titled “Bill for an Act to amend the Federal Polytechnic Daura, Katsina State, to make provision for a change of name of the Federal Polytechnic Daura, Katsina State, to Mustapha Bukar Polytechnic Daura, Katsina State and for related matters 2019.”
Late Bukar represented Katsina North in the 8th Senate and sponsored the bill that established the Federal Polytechnic Daura.
Senators took their turn to eulogize their late colleague and recalled memorable moments they had together in the upper legislative chamber during his lifetime.
All the speakers were in one accord that immortalising Bukar would be an encouragement to public office holders to strive to leave a legacy.
Leading the debate on the bill, Kaita said it was principally motivated by the need to immortalise his predecessor for his contribution to the Nigerian Public Service and in particular his indelible legacies in the education sector.
He recalled, “During his lifetime, he was not only an engineer cum public servant of repute but was also an educationist who was passionate about quality education and improving access to education for the less privilege.
“Upon his election into the Senate, late Mustapha Bukar further demonstrated his commitment to education by sponsoring a bill to establish Federal Polytechnic Daura which was passed by the 8th Senate and graciously assented to by the President.
