The Vice
President Arc Mohammed Namadi Sambo has tasked alumni associations to
complement the efforts of government in the development of the education
sector.
The Vice
President made the call on Thursday, in his office at the State House, Abuja,
during an audience with the National Executive Committee of his Alma Mata, the
Alhudahuda College, Zaria, led by the National President, Dr. Hakeem Baba
Ahmed.
The Vice
President while expressing delight with the visit stressed that Alumni
Associations should complement efforts of government in the provision of
infrastructure, equipment and instructional materials as well as financial
support to their schools which had positively impacted on their lives.
Vice
President Sambo, assuring them of his total support and commitment to the
development of the school, thanked the association for finding him worthy to
name an endowment fund after him, saying “I must appreciate you for
establishing this endowment fund in the interest of developing the Secondary
school that we all attended.”
“I
strongly believe that this is the right direction for us to go. This
endowment fund I believe will strengthen and support the School with the
ambitious plan of making it the largest boarding secondary school for the less
privilege children and also those children with disabilities,” he further
added.
Arc
Sambo thanked the Association and the entire school for their condolences over
the death of his younger brother, Capt. Yusuf Sabo Sambo, who was also an old
student of the School.
Earlier
the National President of the Alhudahuda Old Boys Association, Dr. Hakeem Baba
Ahmed, said they were in the State House to intimate the Vice President on the
activities of the association and their plans to restore the school to its old
glory, noting that the School being the largest boarding school in the Northern
part of the country, also caters for children with disabilities, adding that
the College had celebrated its 100 years of existence.
He noted
that to achieve these objectives, the Association, had instituted a 250,000
million naira Excellence Endowment Fund, which would be launched during its
Annual General Meeting in June.
He
disclosed that the Fund would be known as the Arc Mohammed Namadi Sambo
Excellence Endowment Fund, and is targeted at the production and sustenance of
excellence in the areas of science and information technology.
Dr.
Ahmed said the Fund was named after the Vice President because he had “carried
the flag of our college far and beyond any product of the college we have, and
we are very, very proud of your service to our fatherland.”
The
National President also said the aim of the Fund was to reinvent the School to
continue to serve as the beacon of excellence and service to the country,
stressing that the Fund would be unique in the history of the country, as it is
expected to transform the school into a national centre of excellence.
He thank
the Vice President for his continued support to the School, while also
appreciating the contributions of late Kaduna State Governor, Patrick Ibrahim
Yakowa and also the current Governor, Alhaji Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, towards
rehabilitating the School.
The Association
during the visit further condoled with the Vice President over the death of his
younger brother, Capt. Yusuf Sabo Sambo, describing him as an astute gentleman
and an embodiment of humility.
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