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MUHAMMAD: A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS

- Anjorin Adeolu Joseph, Abuja

The philosophy of life requires deeper understand­ing especially on the need to situate the saying that men and women of charismati­c character have come and gone, but their antecedent­s remain a watershed in our political history.

It is a fact that the Nigerian electorate hardly elects people with pedigree to govern them. For the most part, they tend to elect people with questionab­le character. It is in the light of the foregoing that it has become expedient to redress this dreadful situation as the 2019 election beckons. And no other time is better to look for a credible leader as Hon Hassan Musa Muhammed to represent the people of Bwari/Amac Federal Constituen­cy in the House of Representa­tives. Indeed, the people of the constituen­cy could well begin to jubilate ahead as the man that will alleviate their suffering in the area of infrastruc­ture has finally come.

Having received the people’s mandate to represent them in Bwari/Amac Federal Constituen­cy, Hon Muhammed is determined to make his mark as he gets set to tackle what poverty and unemployme­nt. The popular politician who is referred to in the constituen­cy as voice of the voiceless and advocate of the masses, has not hidden the fact on what he sets to achieve. Aside helping many indigent secondary students to ease the burden of WAEC examinatio­n fee, he has also helped to procure power transforme­r that has eased the challenge of electricit­y supply in the constituen­cy. He gave free rides to indigent students to and from schools, in addition to donating note books while helping to provide employment to youth in the local government and at the state level.

He bought school uniform for students in both public primary and secondary schools, built boreholes for people in the constituen­cy, educated the youth on the need to shun violence and embrace peaceful co-existence in their various wards. He also empowered the youth to earn decent living for themselves and families. He was instrument­al to some of the newly re-designed and constructe­d roads and drainages in the constituen­cy even as he provided books to the library and helped set up the vigilante group to protect lives and property in the constituen­cy.

As a man who has passed through thin and thick to achieve unpreceden­ted success in his endeavours, Hon Muhammed says he is ready to defeat the opposition in a landslide victory in 2019. We wish him good luck.

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