Senator Dino Melaye. |
Dino Melaye
graduated from ABU in 1999 or 2000, whichever one Sowore tells you, it's true.
Going by his year of graduation, Dino cannot be more than 47 years of age, at
most.
If at 47
years a man is a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a position hitherto
meant for old recycled military men, and ex governors, then from my own
estimation, that man should be respected.
Irrespective
of political affiliation, Dino Melaye has been the most consistent whistle
blower and anti corruption campaigner in the National Assembly since the advent
of democracy.
In 2010,
the 2nd Abuja Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport runway contract awarded at
the sum of N64 billion to Julius Berger was cancelled after Dino Melaye
revealed the fraud that characterized the contract.
In the same
year, the same Melaye and other members of the House of Reps revealed to
Nigerians how the then Speaker, Dimeji Bankole embezzled and misappropriated
over $59 million between 2008 and 2009. He was beaten, his clothes torn and
almost stripped on the floor of the House in the full glare of cameras. He was
later suspended from the House. Some of us still remember what became of Dimeji
Bankole. All these while, Dino was a member of the ruling party, PDP.
Now as a
member of the APC, Senator Dino Melaye has been a better and most vibrant
opposition to his own party and the Presidency, more than all the PDP Senators
put together. It was through Dino Melaye that Nigerians got to know about the
"grasscutters" awarding contracts to themselves and embezzling the
money in the Presidency while Buhari is busy writing memos and defending the
stench of corruption and the deaths it has brought to the IDP Camps.
In all these,
I cannot recall any corruption charge or allegation against Dino Melaye that we
know of since he should naturally be a target because of his activism and brand
of politics. Don't get me wrong Dino Melaye is not a saint.
My fellow
Nigerian Youth, instead for you to take a deep breath and find out how this
young man has been able to survive the treacherous murky waters of Nigerian
Politics, you join the bandwagon of detractors and waste your internet bundle
on Dino's Certificates when you have a President who doesn't have the minimum
requirement and yet leading the most populous black nation into peril.
Our Youths
aspiring into politics should ask Dino Melaye how he was able to defeat the
smartest Senator in the last Senate in the 2015 elections, talking about
Senator Smart Adeyemi.
For me, I
have since resolved never to be swayed by the partisan affiliation of political
parties but I will rather look at the substance and character of our political
gladiators.
Look beyond
what they want you to see. They have stolen the future of the Nigerian Youth,
now they are going for the future of our children.
Hate him or
like him, Senator Dino Melaye is a bold Nigerian youth and we all have a lot to
learn from him.
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