Hon Haruna Wakili who was born into a family of reputable and noble business of home of a caravan leader of late 18th and 19th Centuries at the ancient city of Kano, Madugu Tanko na Gago,leadership report.
Hon Haruna is a trained business man and indeed grassroots politician that rose to prominent due to demonstration of his dedication and believe in democracy.
As he says “only via democratic process that the desire progress and development in the society can be easily obtained. In his tribute to his late father, Kabiru Haruna Sanka, Hon Wakili was quoted to have said this concerning his family “whoever wants to know you; does so through the reflection of your ancestors.
Thus, my father’s combination, Agalawa clan for his paternal side while Wangarawa who introduced Islam to Kano for his maternal part have vindicated the purity and humble background. However, my beloved mother is direct descendants of Yolawa Fulani clan from Tofa local government specifically Lambu for the both parents. The blood of aristocracy and royalty fluidly flowing down to me was the the reason why I am standing now, coupled with the blessings and protections of Almighty Allah” he concludes.
Hon Haruna Wakili who unofficially started participating in politics at a younger age of eleven when Gen. Sani Abacha unsuccessfully attempted to re-introduce democracy in 1996 before joining the defunct ANPP officially in 2003 when he reached the maturity age of eighteen. Hon Wakili’s patriotic love for his country and declaration of Gen Muhammadu Buhari to contest for Presidency have really encouraged him to be not only the loyalist of every party Gen. Buhari joined but helped in molding him into a complete grassroots politician per excellence.
Hon. Wakili who rose to Kano’s Kano’s timeline politics when he became the youngest State Party Chairman and Director General of Campaign Council of ADC 2019 Candidate, HE Salisu Mubarak Muhammad at the age of thirty-three years old in 1st December, 2018.
He has shown an extraordinary leadership skills by establishing a solid structure across 482 wards and 44 local Government Areas of the state. He however exuberantly accepted the challenge to contest the post of member House of Representatives in 2023 general elections under the platform of ADC which has a few political base of followship in his constituency, Fagge but within span short of period of time, the neme Hon Haruna Wakili has become a household affair with huge followship from the youths and women.
Under Hon Haruna’s watch, the establishment of WAKILI FOUNDATION was materialized which has successfully implemented a lot of social works to local community. Among the prominent works executed were the distributions of Sallah clothes to orphans, numbering over 800 units, sponsoring tanks of water to local community during scarcity in of water at the holy month Ramadan, repairing of spoilt local boreholes, distribution of teaching tools and madicineas to the sick but destitute persons in the constituency.
Finally, the likes of Hon Haruna Wakili is a future of Nigerian politics, as the intensity of enthusiasm, patriotism and courageous spirit he exhibited are proven to be worthy of emulation…
