Former federal lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani says donations made to people in the corridors of power are mere eye service.
Sani stated this in a post on his official Facebook page while reacting to the over N20billion raised by President Bola Tinubu’s wife, Remi Tinubu for the National Library.
On Tuesday, the First had announced that she had raised more than N20billion towards the completion of the National Library project in Abuja.
In his reaction, Shehu Sani said that the First Lady was lucky, recalling that the wife of former President, Musa Yar’adua, who made a similar move, was unlucky.
Sani said many people who pledged to donate billions to her International Cancer Centre refused to redeem their pledge after Yar’adua’s death.
Sani’s post read, “First lady Senator Remi is lucky to raise N20 billion for the National Library that has been abandoned for close to 40 years.
“That is commendable and well appreciated. Her Excellency Hajiya Turai Yar’adua was not that lucky; Many people who pledged to donate billions to her International Cancer Center refused to redeem their pledge after Yar’adua died.
“The project remained stalled for over a decade along Airport Road, Abuja.
“Most Donations are ‘eye service’ for people in power. Our First lady should make sure they ‘send alert as quick as possible’. Happy Birthday to the Distinguished First Lady”.
