Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has said the turn of events in the country are frustrating Nigerians.
He spoke at the maiden Lecture/Award Dinner organised by the Senate Press Corps in Abuja.
The governor came to the lecture to honour one of the awardees, Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi, who represents Ekiti North Senatorial District.
He said commitment to service and sterling performance are no longer the yard stick to measure success.
Fayemi said genuine politicians have had cause to ask themselves whether the sacrifice they make is worth the while.
The Senate and the House of Representatives, he said, may well be the last hope of democracy if they did not chicken out in speaking the truth.
He said: “There is so much about our country that is very frustrating. There are times that you have to ask yourself, if you are a politician, whether it is worth all the trouble at all. I am here primarily, singularly to pay homage to service, intellect and activism.
“Although I came for my friend but looking at the array of people being honoured this evening, I happen to know many of them and they are people I respect a lot beyond partisanship, they have demonstrated what it is to be committed to humanity.
“I know that intellect is not supposed to be popular in our country right now. What counts to be popularity is what I hear is grassroots. If you are an intellectual, you are an elite and an elite is what should be thrown to be thrown into the dustbin not to be associated with.
“Even as a very keen and detached interested observer of the Senate, I always stand very tall every time I listen to my own senator, my own representative in the Senate speak, and I also, always notice that the Senate is always, really silent, every time Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi is on his feet because he never speaks from the partisan point of view.
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