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Saraki and the Class of 2003

IN 2003, the political terrain in Nigeria marked the end of an era and the beginning of another. I recall the excitement when some “new hands” came on board as helmsmen in various states of the federation, including my dear state.

They were termed the Class of 2003.

This class of governors was indeed an interesting mix: From the five PDP governors of the Southwest to the three PDP governors of Kwara, Kogi and Gombe and the new ANPP governors of Borno and Kano. Most of them got re-elected despite stiff competition. However, the likes of Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun and Olusegun Agagu of Ondo were removed from office by the courts.

The rest of  Ibrahim Idris of Kogi, Danjuma Goje of Gombe, Bukola Saraki of Kwara, Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano, Modu Sherriff of Borno and Gbenga Daniel of Ogun successfully completed their second terms in office and they form the basis of my analysis in this piece.

In my opinion, these governors gave a fair account of themselves in their respective states. But Dr. Bukola Saraki was outstanding because there is a great deal of variation in the Kwara of 2003 and the Kwara of 2011 and not only that, he came with a different concept from the traditional step-by-step logic of governance as is the norm in the country.

As a social critic, I take delight in probing further and not to rely on hear-say or media reports.  But in Kwara State, I dare say what you read in newspapers and other platforms is much below what is on ground in the state.  There are universities in almost all states and there are hospitals and a host of other developmental projects, but it is a different approach in Kwara.

I think Dr. Bukola Saraki is the outstanding student in the class of 2003 governors.In the educational sector, Kwara State boasts of a federal university, two colleges of education, a polytechnic and a private university, all tailored along the same generic process of churning out graduates into the already saturated labor market.

But through the Kwara State University, Saraki introduced a new concept to university education: The “University for Community Development”.

How can one describe a university that opens a channel of communication with students in their last year in secondary school by guiding these young people into making the right choices on what career pattern is suitable for them even before gaining admission?

Can you tell of any university in Nigeria that is implementing the International Bureau of Education-UNESCO template of compulsory modules to engage students in community-oriented projects and voluntary action that is linked with learning and targets problem-solving at the community level?Kwara State University also has a centre for Innovation and International Studies that coordinates a study-abroad programme where students go outside the country to learn and to interact and also to earn course credit from the trip, which is reflected on their transcripts. But what really impressed me about the university is its Centre for Entrepreneurship that works with students to propose projects and implement such projects while still in school and also partners with students upon graduation to start their various projects via a start-up fund.

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You know that Lady is the best by far and will continue to deepen as it has done three years ago, such a model in which both confident and have no doubt that finally settled forever the lives of the excluded, the workers retirees, who demand justice, to those who suffer or have suffered the denial of their human rights and many others who seek to improve their daily quality of life. This model not stop thinking about education, research, health and other topics.

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