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| Hon. Comr. Salahudeen Adéyemí Lukman |
An Attack on the Personalty of Senior Comrade by Kwara State Government: Educating the Baby Comrade, Local Champion and Setting the Record Straight
It has become imperative to address the recent attempts by the Kwara State Government through the Senior special assistant to the Governor on new media to malign the character and distort Hon Comr Salahudeen A Lukman (Eluku Omo Adugbo) political and activist credentials. Hon. Comr. Salahudeen A. Lukman, also known as Eluku Omo Adugbo and Aluta Inspector General (AIG), have been a well-known freedom fighter, a leftist, and an intellectually rugged comrade of national, regional, and continental repute. Unlike some political jobbers in the Kwara Government House, his activism and political engagements span decades of genuine struggle and achievements.
The SSA to the Governor on New Media, in his misguided claims, has attempted to paint himself as a comrade. However, it is evident that his so-called comradeship engagements are lackluster and hold no weight. A true comrade earns recognition through consistent activism and ideological commitment on national, regional, continental or glabal stage,, not through mere class room or one local chapter nor social media engagements. His attempt of listing AIG's Aluta grandsons as his contemporaries further exposes his level in comradeship ranking, his desperate need for relevance may not be achieved so cheaply in comrade community be it Kwara, North Central region or national level with this adventure. Attacking a national comrade like Aluta Inspector is nothing but a fruitless chase.
Eluku Aluta Credentials
To set the records straight, his activist and leadership journey is well-documented and recognized beyond Kwara State. Below are few verifiable credentials:
1. Assistant Secretary General, Association of Mineral Resource Engineering Students AMRES, Kwara Poly Chapter
2. Sports Director, Student Union Government, Kwara Poly Chapter
3. Financial Secretary, NMGS/NAPE kadpoly Chapter
4. Woged and Carid Entity/Fellow of Kegite Club International Ilyadu Arewa
5. National Vice President (External Affairs), National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS)
6. Senate President, National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS)
7. National President, National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS)
8. Regional President, West African Polytechnic Students Union (WAPSU)
9. Regional Speaker, ECOWAS Youth Parliament (now West Africa Youth Parliament)
10. Sports Director, Offa Student Union National Headquarters
11. NANS Presidential Aspirant
12. National President, National Union of Nigerian Students (NUNS)
13. President, PDP National Youth Movement
Among others, he had never been involved in any leadership controversy, and his academic and professional qualifications speak for themselves:
ND in Mineral Resource Engineering
HND in Mining Engineering
B.Tech in Mining Engineering
PGD in Environmental Engineering
Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineering
MBA oil, Gas and Energy Management (in view)
Furthermore, he's a professional and registered member of COREN, COMEG, NMGS, NSME, and CIPSM. These credentials are far beyond the reach of political charlatans who occupy government positions without merit.
Championing National Struggles
Read Eluku gains
His activist engagements have led to tangible victories for Nigerian students and citizens. Some among notable struggles include:
1. Stoppage of the reintroduction of JAMB scratch cards for result checking.
2. Advocacy on Review of the ₦100 charge per transaction on ATM cards used on another bank’s machine.
3. Advocacy for the removal of the HND-BSc dichotomy in the public service.
4. Reinstatement of numerous SUG presidents and student activists, including the Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic Bori case in Rivers State.
5. Stoppage numerous school fee/hostel increasment by management authorities including fedpoffa in 2018 and Kwara poly in 2017 among others numerous to mention.
6. Constructive engagement of federal government of Nigeria on failure to implement 2009 agreement with ASUP in 2012/2013 with multiple mass action in collaboration with ASUP national in Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt among other states to press home the striking Lecturers' demand as condition to reopen Polytechnic nationwide.
7. Full participation in save Nigeria protest
8. Full participation in advocacy for passage of not too young to run bill
9. Full participation in anti subsidy removal in collaboration with NLC.
His Political Journey and Oppositional Standpoint
It is necessary to educate the young and inexperienced comrades in the Kwara Government House that Eluku have been in the opposition since 2011 when he officially join party politics. He has never being in Government, he was a dedicated member of the ACN and actively worked on Nuhu Ribadu’s presidential campaign team. Like a true son of Offa, he upheld this traditional political ideology until 2014, when the political realignment in Kwara State exposed the hypocrisy of some self-acclaimed ‘Alanu Mekunu.’ It was at this point that he left the sycophantic opposition to join the PDP.
Professionalism Beyond Kwara Politics
Beyond activism, Eluku is a professional Mining Engineer and a youth and student consultancy expert. His reputation and network have allowed him to work with many individuals across political divides, including those within and outside the government. His professional dealings extend to influential figures such as:
Barr. Seyi Tinubu through National Association of Nigeria Students NANS
The Honorable Minister of Youth through Civil society and youth engagement
Senior Special Assistants to the President on student engagement through Consultancy
It is understandable that certain political apprentices in the Kwara Government House feel uneasy seeing a strong opposition figure like Eluku maintain high-level connections at the federal level. However, their frustration should be directed at their principal, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (AA), whose incompetence has denied Kwara State any significant federal appointments under President Tinubu’s administration. Unlike Eluku, who commands national and global recognition, these political amateurs remain confined to their local championship.
A Message to the ‘Baby Comrade’ in Kwara Government House
I advise the self-proclaimed comrades in Kwara’s Government House to urge their principal to change his governance approach so that the system may trust him enough to elevate them from their local championship. The reality remains that Eluku Omo Adugbo is a global comrade of repute, far beyond their reach.
Lastly, I wish to address a personal matter: Eluku once questioned an alien handling new media for Gov AbdulRahman, his origin identity has being a subject of controversy, and he solace the SSA New Media to Governor with our influence has since confirmed the suspicions by denying his father’s origin for political survival. The people of Aran Orin must come forward to clarify the truth because even the Olomu of Omu-Aran has previously corrected him, affirming that no family named Faloluyi originates from Aran Orin.
I pray solace accept his fate, claim his fatherland and start building his political path so he can be like Eluku soon.
Signed:
Ahmed Yunusa
Special Assistant on Media & Publicity to Hon. S. A. Lukman (Eluku Omo Adugbo)
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