REBUTTAL: Mr LA’s Hollow Achievements and Shameful Distractions

It is both laughable and unfortunate that Senator Lawal Adamu Usman, fondly known as “Mr LA,” has resorted to desperate press statements in a bid to salvage his rapidly sinking credibility. The latest attempt by his Media Office to defend his non-performance in the Kaduna Central Senatorial District is not only weak but riddled with half-truths and unverifiable claims.

Let us start with the obvious: where is the evidence? Not a single photograph, document, or third-party verification accompanies his so-called “achievements.” Over 100 schools constructed or rehabilitated? A senator whose constituency can barely point to one tangible project wants us to believe he has done what even a state government would struggle to accomplish? Where are the contracts, the project sites, the locations, the beneficiaries, the financial breakdowns? Democracy is not run on empty words. Nigerians deserve verifiable facts, not fiction.

It is disturbing that rather than address genuine concerns, Mr LA is busy launching petty social media attacks against a former President of the Federal Republic and the current Deputy Senate President, Sen. Barau Jibrin—men who have earned national respect through service and maturity. His unprovoked online vitriol is unbecoming of a sitting senator and smacks of frustration and arrogance.

Worse still is Mr LA’s pathetic attempt to explain away his lack of performance by referencing fictitious empowerment programs and fabricated lists of beneficiaries. He claims to have empowered over 1,000 youths and women—yet even members of his own ward cannot name a single credible program he facilitated. And let him swear to a high court affidavit, under penalty of perjury, that the resources he shared came from his legitimate Zonal Intervention Projects and not a pocket-based patronage network that enriched a few cronies with 1/10th of the claimed items.

The senator must be reminded that constituency projects are not secret gifts shared in the dead of night—they are funded by public money and must be accounted for transparently. Kaduna Central is watching, and his attempt to package excuses as achievements will not fly.

This is a senator who, in less than two years, has shown more interest in propaganda than progress, in social media drama than real legislative depth. If he truly believes he has redefined representation, then let him walk through any community in Kaduna Central without a heavy entourage and hear directly what the people think of his “impact.”

Kaduna Central deserves serious-minded representation, not showbiz politics.

Signed:

Concerned Citizens of Kaduna Central

May 2025