The National President and National General Secretary of Agbaji Development Association, Alhaji Musa Yusuf and Abdulraheem Ganiyu Olarenwaju have jointly issued a responsive statement following a rumour making round in the social media that former senate president, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki had after his unprecedented defeat abandoned the execution of all the projects and programmed he initiated while he was in office.
“Attention of the people of Agbaji had been drawn to the unsavoury rumour making round the social media that “Saraki Abandoned His People; Stops Reconstruction of Agbaji Central Mosque.
Consequently, the entire sons and daughters of Agbaji Community under the auspices of Agbaji Development Association (ADA) wish to refute this distasteful rumour and state as follows:
Every well-meaning Nigerian was aware of the fact that the last general election was not between Senator Bukola Saraki and APC, but between the Senate President and the Federal Government of Nigeria, where the Federal Government used every resources at its disposal to subjugate Senator Bukola Saraki and had APC candidates declared winners. However, it is worth noting that, even with the so-called Federal might, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, being the man of his people won polling units in Agbaji.
To the best of our knowledge, and sequel to the reports from members of Agbaji Mosque Committee, the construction company, KY-FY Construction Company, handling the renovation of the Mosque has not executed up to the percentage of fund the company was paid as an upfront. So, it was not Abubakar Bukola Saraki who stopped the construction/renovation of the Mosque but the contractor, and efforts are ongoing to ensure that the contractor is back at the site.”
The Abaji elders revealed donated a whopping sum of 10,000,000 naira as counterpart fund for the refurbishment of the mosque.
“There is no iota of truth in this claim. Agbaji Community did not contribute N10,000,000 for the reconstruction of the Mosque as claimed by the writer of this fallacious story. The said Agbaji Mosque had been in existence since time immemorial. We are not constructing a new Mosque in Agbaji but renovating/reconstructing the existing Mosque. The community realized a total sum of Eight Million (8,000,000) Naira Only (through a special organized inter-compounds prayers) for the maintenance of the Mosque and the community as at large.”
They disclosed that the prayer held during Saraki’s ascension of Senate Presidency aimed seeking Allah’s for Saraki to success in his leadership assignment contrary to the report that it was organized to remind him of his promise to refurbish Agbaji Central Mosque
“Only a myopic thinker will think that the entire community will come together, organize prayers just to remind someone of an issue even when the person was not present at the prayer. Agbaji Community did not organize any prayer to remind Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki of the Mosque. The people of Agbaji had started praying for our son, Senator (Dr) Abubakar Bukola Saraki since the day he had become the Senate President of the 8th National Assembly, Federal Republic of Nigeria. The specific objective of the prayer was for our son to have a successful tenure in office as the president of Senate, 8th National Assembly, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Meanwhile, acceptance of this prayer by Allah was confirmed at the valedictory session of the Senate where Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki was adjudged by all Senators as the most performed Senate President in the history of Nigeria. Moreover, Agbaji community recently organized a special prayer to thank Allah for successful completion of tenure in office as the Senate President.”
The duo claimed that Dr. Bukola Saraki, even after his defeat has not ceased to extend his magnanimous hands to the people of Agbaji as he just purchased 50 NABTEB forms Agbaji