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Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim represented Kwara South Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly. He was also Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance. He talks to select journalists in Ilorin on the 58th birthday of Immediate past President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, his leadership style among others. Hammed Shittu was part of the chat. Excerpts:
What is your relationship with Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki?
Perhaps, contrary to public guess, my relationship with Dr. Saraki is completely brotherly. He is a big brother (he personally adopted me as one, long ago), an outstanding one for that matter. He is a mentor, a guide both in personal and public life, and a very loyal friend. He radiates loyalty – reciprocal or not. In my own case, in fact, I believe he is more loyal to me than I am to him. What makes our bond very natural is that Baba Saraki, the late Waziri, personally handed me over to him. Baba himself was a father figure (I wish I could tell th
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Senator Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim, who represented Kwara South senatorial district in the eighth National Assembly, was also Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions. He spoke with some newsmen in Ilorin on leadership question in the country, among others. BIOLA AZEEZ brings the excerpts:
AS a close associate, how would you describe the politics of former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, as it concerns critical decision making?
He is an exceptional human being ahead of his time and an exemplary one just like the late Waziri of Ilorin, Dr Olusola Saraki. This means he is old Saraki incarnate. But if I can distil him into one word, he is an enigma. Bukola Saraki is a 21st century builder, national pathfinder, democracy warrior with the farthest vision I have ever seen. He is an architect of the modern Kwara, both in infrastructural development initiatives and human capital development. He is hard work and competence personified. On t