After going through this piece,I see so many erroneous position portrayed by the writter, whose description of the 9 years leadership of ...
I wanted to discountenance such self seeking write up, to intimate the Kogi public that never should they concede to the old era of slavery of 9 years, inflicted by Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, by the ambition of his son, Abubakar Ibrahim to become Kogi governor, as a misrepresentation of naked and to public knowledge facts.
To say the least,the ivory tower were the writter currently work as a lecturer,was at 2003,tagged by the National Universities Commission(NUC),a glorified secondary school with all the programs de-accredited.
It was the intervention of Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, through the dissolution of the old management and reconstitution of a new one,headed by a renowned late International scholar,Professor Francis Idachaba OFR,that relived the school to its foot.
Aside,ensuring the accreditation of all the programs through the injection of over 2 billion naira to the new management then,KSU was ranked as the second best ,among the state universities and the sixth among all the Nigerians universities, that paved way for his employememt into the institution in 2008 or so...
Not done with the three R's of Reconstruction,Rehabilitation and Renovation of the University,the faculty of Law of the institution was ranked the best,at about the same time, that of the first generation University of Nigeria Nsukka,was denied accreditation that same year under review.
I thought good turn begets another,not untill I saw this piece of slavery and continuous slavery over the ambition of the son of the former governor who left the leadership position in the last 8 years.
Apart from accreditation of all the programs of the institution during Ibrahim Idris administration,all the on going projects in the institution abandoned by the previous administration were re-awarded and completed by the administration,in addition to proliferation of many theatres and hostels to accommodate staffers and students of the growing University,particularly the famous 'Professors quarters'.
Accreditation of programs brought about attraction of good senior academics in the rank of PHD holders,Professors and senior lecturers from all the federal and state universities, with juicy offers as well as employement of staffers, that was thrice the previous staff strenght of the State University.
It was the period of Ibrahim Idris that, the state university profile was published on the website of the NUC as one of the best and well funded institution in the country, with good and qualified hands both in academic,administrative and other areas.
Not providing funds alone,he gave free hand to the new management of the institution in the area of employement,running of the institutions as well as other requirements, as Ibrahim Idris was the only governor in Kogi state,that did not interfere into the internal policies of the University.
Similar gesture was extended to the State college of Education,Ankpa,Kogi State Polytechnic Lokoja and the State College of Education Technical,Kabba interms of funding,structural development and others.
Infact,for 9 years,Ibrahim Idris efforts in both human capital,infrastructural and political development of the state is incommensurable with thr present order,especially the primary,secondary and tertiary institutions in the state.
I narrowed down to the academic environment since that is were the writter belongs,as dwelling on all his achievements will be boring to read,so I can't deduce enslavement the former governor Ibrahim Idris had inflicted on the people.
If the achievements of the former governor in all facets is worth replicating,why not allow the offspring do more in his wisdom and exposure to model way of development.
ANYIGBALEFT gathered that, Abubakar Ibrahim is coincidentally an offspring of former governor Ibrahim Idris, and will transform the state beyond the imagination of naysayers, who sees his entrance into the race as a threat instead of blessings to the igala race and by extension the entire Kogi state.
All hands must be on deck to prove the antagonists wrong by attracting delegates in September as well as kogites in November, for the election of Alhaji Abubakar Ibrahim Idris to attract purposeful leadership in Kogi state.
-Abubakar Yusuf Writes From Lokoja
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