I am compelled to respond
to a report in your news
paper; Daily Trust of 31th of
July 2013 in which Senator
Babafemi Ojudu was
erroneously linked to some
other Senators who you
reported does not have a
single bill to their names. In
the case of Senator
Babafemi Ojudu, that is not
factual.
As at today, Senator Ojudu
has listed two bills.
The first is A Bill for an Act to
make provisions for
Mandatory Compliance with
and Implementation of all
Legislative Resolutions and
for Other Matters Connected
Therewith, 2012 (SB.199)
which has been read for the
first time and listed for
second reading. The
second is A Bill for an Act to
Establish the Nigerian
Political Debate Commission
with responsibility for the
Conduct and organization of
Public debate for Candidates
of Political Parties in Nigeria
which is pending with the
Rules and Business
Committee of the Senate
under the Chairmanship of
Senator Ita Enang.
Besides these two bills, the
whole of Nigeria stood in
applause when Senator
Babafemi Ojudu uncovered
the bribe-for-job scam
being perpetrated by some
elements in the Federal Civil
Service and the Nigeria
Security and Civil Defence
Corps (NSCDC) and also
fought gallantly on the floor
of the Senate for seventeen
(17) young Nigerians from
whom N250,000 each was
collected for employment
into NSCDC, only to be later
sacked. This singular and
commendable effort by
Senator Ojudu led to a
Senate investigation into
these shady deals.
Senator Ojudu, it was, who
also punctured the
fraudulent gaping holes in
the budget of the Federal
Ministry of Works, exposing
in the process how roads
for Ekiti are annually listed
under other states of the
federation. All these are
besides his noticeable
efforts on various adhoc
committees of the Senate
such as the adhoc
committee on the probe of
sale of public properties by
the BPE, amongst others. In
all the five Committees he is
serving, he has been very
productive and meticulous
as could be attested to by
anybody who has had
anything to do with those
Committees
I also want you to note that
the job of a senator is not
restricted to sponsoring bills.
Besides this, there are
oversight functions,
committee work,
constituency responsibilities,
among many and in all of
these, Senator Ojudu has
performed creditably well as
attested to by
commendations from well-
meaning Nigerians and his
constituents.
Only yesterday, Senator
Ojudu and other members
of the Senate Committee on
Defence and Army just
returned from a three-day
tour of several dangerous
spots in Borno and Yobe
States in the quest to find a
lasting solution to the Boko
Haram onslaught in these
areas. It took great courage
and patriotism for him and
his colleagues to visit these
areas which many public
officers in the country
consider a no-go area.
These facts are verifiable
and as such I will like to call
your attention and that of
your Editor to these facts. I
will equally want you to
cross-check and report your
findings, giving it equal
reportage.
I request these given the
embarrassment and grave
concerns which many of his
constituents and friends
have expressed concerning
the said report. It is my
fervent hope that as a
leading newspaper devoted
to the essential principles of
reporting the truth and only
the truth, you will consider
these facts provided as we
are not opposed to
investigating our claims. We
await you to correct the
notion that Senator
Babafemi Ojudu has been
idling away in Abuja these
past two years…it is not true
and can’t be.
I thank you in advance for
your response.
Rotimi Opeyeoluwa
Legislative Aide to Senator
Babafemi Ojudu

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