Senators-elect Are Rooting For A Lawan Senate – Umar

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How does it feel to be elected as a Senator?

It’s exciting and wonderful with some level of anxiety. There is also the massive expectation from my people. My senatorial district has so much hope when they gave me the massive votes they did, but I’m very happy to find myself in this position.

What are some of the challenges you faced prior to winning the election?

I will say, I’m one of the luckiest politicians in the world. The people wanted me and so, they made life easy for me.  It wasn’t too challenging other than the fact that my senatorial district is very large. It means I needed to move around to meet people. I slept in uncomfortable places and eat anything I see. But I was able to escape the treachery of politics because the people wanted me there.

Would you say the elections were free and fair?

From what I saw, where I voted and participated, you couldn’t have had a freer and fair election. It couldn’t be better than what we had in my constituency. It was…



Source: Leadership Newspaper