85R19791 BPG-D
By: Dutton H.R. No. 1232
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Olubukola Abubakar Saraki, president of the
Nigerian senate, is visiting Houston in May 2017; and
WHEREAS, Elected to his current office in 2015, "Bukola"
Saraki first joined his country's senate in 2011 as a
representative for the Kwara Central district, and he was reelected
four years later; he previously served as governor of Kwara State
from 2003 to 2011; and
WHEREAS, Senator Saraki is the son of Olusola Saraki, a
former senate leader, and Florence Morenike Saraki; born in 1962,
Mr. Saraki attended King's College in Lagos and Cheltenham College
in Gloucestershire, England, before going on to complete his
medical degree at the London Hospital Medical College of the
University of London; he was employed as a medical officer at Rush
Green Hospital in London and then returned to his native country and
embarked on a new career, becoming director of Societe Generale
Bank; and
WHEREAS, Appointed as special assistant to Nigeria's
president for budgetary matters in 2000, Senator Saraki initiated
the Fiscal Responsibility Bill; he also served on the Economic
Policy Coordination Committee and assumed responsibility for the
formulation and implementation of several key economic policies for
the country; and
WHEREAS, Senator Saraki is married to Omoba Toyin Saraki, and
they are the parents of four children; and
WHEREAS, Over the course of his legislative career, Bukola
Saraki has brought to his duties extensive experience and
formidable skills, and it is indeed fitting that he be honored for
his contributions to his country; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
Legislature hereby recognize Olubukola Abubakar Saraki for his
service as president of the Nigerian senate and extend to him
sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Senator Saraki as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.