Senate President Bukola Saraki has been conferred with the title of Dikko of Potiskum, in Yobe State, north east Nigeria.
He was conferred with the title by the 61-year old Emir of Potiskum, Alhaji Muhammadu Abali Ibn Muhammadu Idrissa.
Saraki broke the news on his Twitter handle on Saturday.
He was in the town to commission an 80-bed hospital built by Senator Hassan Mohammed, who represents the Peoples Democratic Party in the Senate.
While commending the lawmaker for the achievement, Saraki said the hospital would afford residents of Potiskum the opportunity to seek prompt medical attention rather than travelling several miles to neighbouring states for same purpose.
“I am committed to helping Sen. Mohammed with getting the support of the Federal Government in the running of this hospital.
“This is so, that its benefits to the people of Potiskum and Yobe at large, would be guaranteed and sustained.
“This is the kind of leaders we find today in the Nigerian Senate. People who are abandoning the practice of yesterday’s politics.
“It must be strongly lauded that this is a PDP senator, in an APC-led state, donating this edifice to an APC government.
“To build and freely transfer a hospital of this capacity to a government operating under a party other than his, for the service of his people, is a signature statement of extraordinary leadership.
“The lesson is that what matters is not the political party or the government in power, but the love you have for your people and your connection with them,’’ he said.
