…says ‘I’m too busy with legislative duties, no time for frivolities’
The Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Lawal Adamu Usman, has criticised the Kaduna Elders Forum (KEF) for calling for his recall from the National Assembly, citing alleged non-performance.
Popularly known as Senator LA, Usman accused the KEF of hiding under the guise of different groups to renew its “baseless recall threats,” just months after a similar attempt.
In a statement titled “Kaduna Elders’ Forum’s Infantile Outbursts: Empty Barrel Making Most Noise,” the Senator dismissed the group’s claims, describing them as the actions of “meddlesome interlopers” undeserving of serious attention.
As chairman of the Senate Committee on Education (Basic and Secondary) and Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance, and Financial Matters, Senator Usman emphasised his focus on critical national responsibilities.
He said he would not engage with individuals pursuing selfish political interests under the guise of public concerns.
He further accused the group and its sponsors of spreading misinformation and fabricating lies about his performance.
Senator LA highlighted his “unprecedented achievements” over the past 18 months, which he claimed are tangible and visible to all.
He urged the group to educate itself on relevant issues instead of engaging in what he described as “childish tantrums.”
He accused the group and its sponsors of engaging in “childish tantrums”, urging them to seek proper understanding of his performance.
He condemned their efforts to deliberately misinform the public and spread blatant lies about his achievements, which he described as tangible and visible to all within his 18 months in office.
The Senator questioned the outcome of an earlier recall threat issued last year under the guise of the Kaduna Peace and Tranquility Forum (KPTF). He labeled the rehash of the same threat by the same individuals under a new name as both laughable and suspicious.
Urging the people of Kaduna Central Senatorial District to ignore the group’s claims, Senator Usman accused the “so-called Kaduna elders” of lacking the moral authority to act in the public’s interest. He alleged that their actions were solely to advance the selfish agendas of their sponsors and paymasters.
The lawmaker encouraged his constituents to remain calm and disregard the KEF’s provocative statements, treating the recall threats with the contempt they deserved.
It read in part: “Specifically, Senator LA has 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. Interestingly, beneficiaries of all these laudable projects are drawn from all the seven local government areas making up his Kaduna Central Senatorial District constituency.
“His motion urging the Federal Ministry of Works to expedite the ongoing reconstruction of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano expressway has remained a reference point in the Senate, having secured the unanimous approval of all the lawmakers in the upper legislative chamber.
“In all, in the past 18 months, Senator LA has sponsored four very crucial motions and four bills, which are now in their third reading stages and about to be passed into law by the Senate. Infact, it’s crystal clear that if there’s any lawmaker that should be tarred with the brush of non-performance by the so-called Kaduna elders, it shouldn’t be the indefatigable Senator LA, who has been up and doing since his election,” the statement read.
