Buhari is a good man and doing his best- -PDP lawmaker
– Honourable Hakeem Sokunle, has said that the country is going through challenges but expressed optimism in things getting better
– The PDP lawmaker said being a member of the opposition does not mean anti-progress
Honourable Hakeem Sokunle, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker representing Oshodi-Isolo Constituency 1 at the Lagos state House of Assembly has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is trying in his capacity as the country’s leader.
In an interview with naij.com, the PDP lawmaker admitted that the country is going through hardship but expressed optimism that things will get better.
Honourable Hakeem Sokunle,
“He is trying his best. He is good. There is sacrifice for anything that is good and hardship is the sacrifice.”
“You can’t quantify it (the hardship). Nobody can say but I know very soon things will get better.”
On the issue of members of the PDP not providing enough opposition in the House, Sokunle said being an opposition does not mean being anti-progress.
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“Don’t let us deceive ourselves; it is not when you are against them before people can recognise you. If they are doing something nice, you don’t need to go against it, rather you support it. It is for the betterment of people living in Lagos state. If because you are in opposition party you want to go against what they are doing, you are not doing good to the people of the state, rather you are causing more havoc to them.
“If the lawmakers do something good, raise good motions for the good of the people by your own assessment, you don’t need to do anything contrary to that. Opposition does not really mean you should go there and negate what is good.”
As a first term lawmaker, Sokunle admitted that he has been facing challenges but leaning alongside performing his duty.
“This is my first term in the House as you have rightly observed. We still have the challenges at our constituencies. So I have the challenge of time factor, trying to balance the two. In trying to do that you might be a little late for plenary.”
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“We have done some programmes, we still have more to do for them. In the past, we have done free computer training to the constituents, we have doled out about N150,000 to the youth, we also organised free lessons for JAMB candidates for three months, I doled out about N500,000 for a blind man to start up a business, N200,000 as medical bill for somebody that had stroke for more than five years. Presently we are working on our water project. After this, we are going to organise quiz competition among public and private schools in my constituency.”
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