Senate will on Wednesday pay tribute to the deceased chairman Senate Committee on Capital Market, Isiaka Adeleke.
Senate president, Bukola Saraki, who announced this at the resumption of plenary on Tuesday, asked senators to be properly dressed for the session.
The lawmaker, who represented Osun West Senatorial District, died on Sunday morning in an Osogbo hospital. The Senate had adjourned on April 11, 2016 for the Easter break.
In line with parliamentary practice, no item on the Order Paper was considered, as the apex legislative chamber adjourned Tuesday proceedings in honour of the lawmaker, even as senators also paid one-minute silence in his honour.
On the other hand, the leadership of the House of Representatives, led by the speaker, Yakubu Dogara, paid a condolence visit to the president and the leadership of the Senate over the death of senator Isiaka Adeleke.
Dogara said, while expressing sadness over the sudden demise of the late senator, he would be remembered for his legacies, especially for his dedication to the betterment of the common man.
Speaking during the condolence visit at the office of the Senate president, he also offered condolences to President Muhammadu Buhari, the government and people of Osun State and the immediate family of the deceased, praying that God grant them the fortitude to bear the loss.
Dogara, who mourned the sudden death of Adeleke, described him as a man “whose major preoccupation was the problem of the common man.
“We were rudely shocked by the sudden, very sudden departure of this great Nigerian who has contributed immensely to his home state Osun, and the development of this country as a whole.
“On behalf of members of the House of Representatives, we have come to offer our sincere condolences and we pray that God condoles the government of this country ably led by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Senate President, the Senate leadership, all the members of the Senate, the entire National Assembly community, the government and people of Osun State, his immediate family, which will of course, miss him most and we pray that God will forgive his sins and grant his soul eternal rest.”
At plenary, Mojeed Alabi, lawmaker representing Ede North/Ede South/Egbedore/Ejigbo Federal Constituency of Osun State, who notified the House of the demise of the former Osun State governor, described his passage a great loss to the country.
Alabi, who became ternary-eyed during his eulogy, said though Adeleke was elected as governor at 37 and did not complete his tenure due to the Abacha coup, argued that Adeleke’s achievements ensured that he became “a constant factor in the State of Osun and Nigeria at large.”
On his part, Yussuff Lasun, deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, described the łate senator as a trailblazer who towered above others in the field of politics, business and in philanthropy.
“Adeleke was the son of a former senator, who became governor at an age many of his contemporaries where still trying to find their way in life. He later was elected as a senator. He therefore didn’t betray the legacy left behind by his father, Senator Ayoola Adeleke,” the deputy speaker said.
Lasun who recalled that four months back, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Osun State chapter executive had ordered him and the late senator to stop all forms of campaigns for governorship of his state, however said Adeleke’s style of politics led to his remaining cordial with him and the entire Yussuff family.
On her part, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha posited that Adeleke’s death was also being felt in Abia State where his mother hailed from.
Onyejeocha who disclosed that she performed the compulsory National Youth Service year as a protocol staff in office of the Osun State governor when the late senator was in office, maintained that he lived for improving the lot of the poor.
Chairman House Committee on Capital Market, Tajudeen Yusuf said Adeleke as his counterpart in the Senate displayed uncommon team spirit and was always cooperative in seeing to legislative interventions to make Nigeria’s capital market more competitive.
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