The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the late senator representing Bauchi South, Ali Wakili, as a progressive-minded politician, who took clear positions on causes and issues in the polity.
The party, while expressing condolences to the immediate family, the 8th Senate, entire National Assembly, government and people of Bauchi state over the sad and painful loss of the politician, said late Wakili distinguished himself during his work with the Nigeria Customs Service and politics as a federal lawmaker.
In a statement signed yesterday in Abuja by the APC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party said Nigeria has lost one of its most vibrant and patriotic federal lawmakers whose legislative contributions and engagements in the National Assembly touched on the core needs of less privileged Nigerians, particularly through his chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Poverty Alleviation and social welfare. “Credited to his name is the National Poverty Eradication Commission Bill which he sponsored and was passed by the Senate in 2016.
“A progressive-minded politician, the late Senator Ali Wakili took clear positions on causes and issues in the polity he stood for or opposed, particularly on election reforms, anti-corruption, true federalism, devolution of powers, legislative-executive relations, among others. “The APC wishes the Almighty Allah grant the late Senator Ali Wakili eternal rest and the family and loved ones the strength to bear the loss,” the statement said.
