An appeal has gone to indigenes of Ilorin Emirate who are serving as either academic or non-teaching staff of various institutions of higher learning in Kwara State and beyond to always offer individual and collective supports to the development of the Emirate.
This appeal was made in Ilorin on Friday, October 1, 2021 by the National President of the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union, Alhaji Aliyu Otta Uthman, fsi, while addressing a meeting of members of the Ilorin Emirate Community of the Kwara State University, Malete, which held at the Union’s National Secretariat, Geri Alimi area, Ilorin.
Alhaji Uthman said that “no entity can be developed without the support of members of its various strata”, saying that it was “important for indigenes of Ilorin Emirate earning their means of livelihood at the institution”, which he described as “the nation’s leading State University”, to always give back to their ancestral community in one way or the other.
The IEDPU President, in a statement signed by the IEDPU National Publicity Secretary of the Union, Abubakar Imam, and made available to newsmen in Ilorin, specifically drew the attention of the forum to the need for it to support the Union in ensuring that the newly approved Police Secondary School, Ballah, takes off in a glorious manner as he noted that the school still needed some important facilities that would enhance effective teaching and learning.
The community leader, while paying glowing tributes to the Executive Governor of Kwara State, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq; and the Honourable Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Hajiya Saadat Modibbo Kawu, for ensuring that the school commences academic activities this month and as planned through massive investment of the state government in the provision of some basic facilities, Alhaji Uthman said that “KWASU staff from the Emirate should prove their patriotism by coming out boldly to offer commensurate supports to the school”.
Alhaji Uthman recalled that “the series of physical development of Ilorin Emirate, which the Union always influenced, facilitated and embarked upon had not been without the significant and timely supports of indigenes of the Emirate in public and civil services who often donate cash and materials in addition to wonderful and consistent intellectual supports.
He, therefore, appealed to Ilorin Emirate indigenes in KWASU and other institutions of higher learning in Kwara State such as the University of Ilorin, the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, as well as the three Colleges of Education, among others, to always support the Union and its initiatives.
Responding, the Chairman of the body, Prof. AbdulRauf Ambali, commended the IEDPU President for finding time out of his tight schedule not only to make an encouraging appearance but also addressing the meeting.
While thanking the President for granting his Association the use of its Hall free of charge, he also expressed his profound appreciation to Alhaji Uthman for drawing his attention and those of his colleagues to such a fundamental civic obligation.
Prof. Ambali, who is also the institution’s Director of Academic Planning, assured Alhaji Uthman that his group would look into the IEDPU’s request and ensure that he and his members “always key in to all the relevant programmes and projects of the Ilorin Emirate’s umbrella socio-cultural organisation for the love of our people”.
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