Adamawa Central Senator receives excellence award from North-Eastern youth, Elders group
By Samuel Luka, Bauchi
A Socio-Political group, North East Youths and Elders Peoples Forum has honored Senator representing Adamawa central Senatorial district at the National Assembly, Aminu Iya Abbas for his sterling contributions to democracy, good governance, and service to humanity.
The Forum while briefing journalists on the outcome of their Executive Council meeting at the Chatwell Hotel Bauchi on Monday, said Senator Iya was considered for the award due to his outstanding performance as a patriotic and true Nigerian whose patriotism is never in question.
The Forum added that their decision followed a thorough research conducted on senators in the North east, where Senator Iya performed creditably well as a senator.
According to them, the outcome of the research also showed that Senator Iya is a grassroot politician who always remain connected with his people by traversing through the difficult terrains with landmark projects and rendering numerous service to humanity.
The Secretary General of the group, Honourable Lawal Abdullahi noted that the senator was singled out for the honour due to his sincere contributions on national issues.
He added that the honour was done to spur the Senator to promote sustainable democracy and good governance.
The Forum further commended the Senator for his abilities in managing people of his constituency and Adamawa State politically, especially how he manages people and provides leadership with loyalty, tolerance, trust and hard work
They urged other Senators in Northeast to emulate the leadership style of Senator Iya in order to bring more democracy dividends to their electorate.
“We are going to present an Examplary leadership award to him, in recognition of his contributions to democracy, good governance, and service to humanity”, the group declared.
The Forum announced that based on evidence of a research carried out between 2023 to 2024 , Senator Iya is the best senator who has impacted positively on the lives of people of Adamawa Central Senatorial District.
According to them, Senator Iya’s philosophy and concerns for his people makes him to always come to their life when ever the need arise.