Senate President Ahmad Lawan has lamented that his state,
Yobe, and the Northeast zone have remained the poorest in the country.
Lawan expressed this on Wednesday when the Yobe State
Students Association, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) chapter paid him a courtesy
visit in Abuja.
According to a press statement signed by his Special
Assistant on Media, Mohammed Isa, the Students were on excursion to the
National Assembly to watch the the Senate in plenary with a view to learning
more about parliamentary proceedings.
He said Yobe State and the North East zone have been ranked
the poorest in the country by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
for a longtime, promising that he was determined “to see an improvement in the
lives of our people”.
Lawan also talked about the imperative of leadership with
sense of sacrifice and commitment, saying “Leadership at every level requires a
lot of sacrifice, a lot of commitment and even when some of our people will say
political office are things you can just handle any how, that is not correct.
“When people elect you they give you responsibility and what
you do with that office is between you and your God, and of course you are
responsible to them as well as to God.
“No matter how small an office is, it is important we
continue to do our best to discharge our responsibility,” he said.
He congratulated the students for finding themselves in the
University, a feat he said many young people did not have the opportunity to
achieve.
The leader of the students association, Mr. Mohammed Idris,
commended Lawan for what they called the numerous entrepreneurship programmes
he initiated for the benefit of his constituents at Yobe North senatorial
district.
Idris, however, pointed out that unemployment remained the
main challenge confronting youths in Yobe State.
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