 Chief whip of the outgoing night Senate Senator Oji Uzo Kalu as lamented that Nigeria has not been fair to him despite his contribution to nation building. Kalu who sheltered during the Senator valedictory session held today at the National Assembly in Abuja said people he gave transport first to travel to Lagos and now living in wealth while calling him a thief. The former Abiyah state governor has thanked the night Senate for standing by him during his difficult times insisting that Nigeria has not been fair to him. I went through one of my best time in life in this Senate and also went through one of my difficult period also in this Senate before I came to the Senate before I came into politics I can buy anything but they can buy I'm not a thief those that put me in prison know the reason they put me in prison they took over all my businesses I want to kill me but I survived it I'm in the Senate with people it's not the end to what we have done it's not the end to united Nigeria it's not the end to brother's keeper but these senators I called were with me. Vice president Kashim Shatima and the first lady senator Ulure Mitenubu also attended the valedictory session of the night Senate. Shatima is the outgoing senator for Bono Central while President Bola Tenubu's wife represents Laos Central until the inauguration of the 10th Senate on Tuesday. We bid farewell to this chapter let us remember that our journey has just begun for some of us new path back on and the mantle of leadership passes into precious hands to those who will continue this noble calling I extend my sincerest congratulations and heartfelt wishes. Cherish this honor bestowed upon you for it is a sacred trust and let the spirit of collaboration guide you at every step. Rear coin Shatima's position the first lady reminded the incoming legislators of the task of nation building ahead ardent that the current administration nets the wealth of experience of the outgoing lawmakers and we need to give so much to this nation this new administration beckons hope for this nation and anyone who doesn't have hope you can't really move ahead this new administration beckons that and we have to make the necessary sacrifice which starts with the new 10th assembly for me as a woman of faith I believe is double grace number 10 will give us double grace and God will sustain us and I can only wish my colleagues that are here that I can only tell you see you around and when we leave this place we are going to still meet some of you I'll be consulting for advice and please don't be bashful I'll need all of you and I believe that this administration needs your wealth of experience earlier deputy senate president ovee omwagege initiated the goodwill messages recalling the last four years of the night senate and the landmark pieces of legislation passed mr president I am satisfied in my conscience that despite the emergence of unique challenges during the life of this night senate including a global pandemic we have nonetheless played our role credibly as partners in progress with the executive and judicial arms government working calmly with patriotic zeal and sincerity of purpose as statesmen and women we proactively returned our national budgeting to January to December budget cycle and defied all odds to a not major groundbreaking legislation for his spot senate leader ibrahim gober noted the significant turnover of lawmakers in the night assembly and the real problem that we are going to face is the question of iteration the turnover many of our people are not coming back because 25 percent only will come back to the senate and this means quite a lot has to be done by nil's to train our people so as to make sure that we have all we do reinvent legislature for effective national development the night senate finally came to an end on saturday the 10th of june with lawmakers from their various constituents presenting their valedictory messages hello hope you enjoyed the news please do subscribe to our youtube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates