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Senator Elisha Abbo. Photo: Olatunji Obasa
The former senator representing Adamawa Northern Zone, Senator Ishaku Abbo, has said that his controversial removal from the Senate by the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja was a blessing in disguise.
While speaking to journalists on Monday in Yola, he said that his temporary political predicament gave him the opportunity to concentrate on his family, and within two months, his two wives gave birth to two children.
“I never had a child in my life until the unholy court ruling that sent me back home. So, I think the judgment was in my interest. When God wants to bless you, he uses your enemies to bless you,” he said.
“People should create chance no matter the money they are making from their offices or business to spend fruitful time with their family. It helps you to know what your family members want and how they are missing you. Money is not everything in life. Just imagine me staying at the Senate for eight years without a child, so the money is for who?” he asked.
Abbo also disclosed that he has sent a proposal to President Bola Tinubu, that the price of petrol can come down to N480 in 2025 if the president approves the proposal.
He disclosed that he has developed a comprehensive strategy to reduce petrol prices in Nigeria from the current over N1000 per litre to N480 in just five months that’s by February 2025 to bring relief to Nigerian citizens devastated by the high cost of living.
The senator’s move comes on the heels of the recent national grid collapse, which plunged the North into total darkness for almost three weeks.
Abbo who criticised successive Adamawa State governments for their inability to collaborate with the federal government to upgrade the Kiri dam in Shelleng LGA into an electricity generation dam that can generate at least 35MW of electricity for Adamawa State and its environs urged Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, to focus more on projects that have direct bearing on rural dewellers than building flyovers.
“People are suffering, people are dying of hunger every day, and crime is on the rise due to poverty and a lack of legitimate job opportunities, especially for the youth,” Abbo said.
“My heart bleeds when I see people roaming to find food unsuccessfully for their families,” he stated.
