10 facts about new Senate President

Here are some facts you don’t know about the new Senate president, Bukola Saraki.

1. He was born in 19 December, 1962.

2. His father is Late Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki,
a one time Senate leader (1979 – 1983) in Nigeria.

3. He studied Medicine at the London Hospital
Medical College of the University of London
from 1982 to 1987 and practiced as a medical
doctor at Rush Green Hospital, London.

4. His political career started when he was
appointed by the former President Olusegun
Obasanjo his special assistant on budget issues
in 2000.

5. He was the one who initiated the Fiscal
Responsibility Bill and served on the Economic
Policy Coordination Committee.

6. On 2003 under the umbrella of the then
ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), he ran for and won the governorship of Kwara State.
7. He was re-elected in 2007.

8. He was the first Nigerian governor to be awarded the national honour, a Commander of
the Order of the Niger (CON).

9. Many governors have tried to copy Saraki’s
community health insurance scheme, environmental ‘Clean and Green’ scheme and
agricultural transformation scheme, which have
been praised as one of the reasons Kwara is a
profitable and clean state.

10. Before becoming a senator, he was the
former chairman of the Nigerian Governor’s
Forum.

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And I guess he is smart.

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