The member representing Nasarawa South Senatorial District of Nasarawa State in the Senate, Senator Suleiman Adokwe, has, among several dividends of purposeful representation, prioritised educational development in his senatorial district.
Believing that knowledge remains the best legacy any parent or society can bequeath to later generations, Senator Adokwe opines that above all forms of human empowerment, education frees man from all manner of bondage or negative tendencies, even as it enriches man’s understanding of various variables. The sum total of the knowledge acquired through sound education is the transformation in all facets of human endeavours worldwide.
To the Senator, education is a magic bullet for knowledge, wisdom and unity; it is also a quick pointer to power and sovereignty. The need for every society to do away with all forms of limitation that has prevented man from attaining immeasurable academic heights cannot be over-emphasised in the 21st Century.
The present-day society has assumed an unprecedented level of sophistication. The revolution, innovation and breakthrough recorded in medical science, information technology; economy; defence and good governance globally, among others, have become feasible with the potency of education.
John Dewey, an American philosopher, in furtherance to this fact, gives philosophy a social function when he argued that “philosophy is a vision whose main function is to free men’s minds from bias and prejudices and to enlarge their perception of the world around them.”
If the social function of philosophy is vision and freedom of men’s minds and enlarge their perception of the world around them, then Senator Suleiman Adokwe’s vision for good governance and purposeful representation at the National Assembly has enlarged the perception of the people and broken the jinx of bad representation, mistrust and under-development of some critical aspects of human endeavours.
Recognising that education is the bedrock of any society and in his bid to complement parents’ efforts, Senator Suleiman Adokwe, has, among several dividends of purposeful representation, prioritised educational development in his senatorial district.
Senator Adokwe has taken another significant approach to boost the educational base of his people, particularly those aspiring to acquire higher education through payment of registration fees of 2012/2013 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination JAMB/UTMES for 500 applicants.
Apart from the 500 applicants drawn from the local councils in his senatorial district, he has equally taken the responsibility of picking every financial bills or expenses incured by these applicants. This is aside the additional 500 direct entry applicants he is catering for.
Senator Adokwe’s style of representation right from his days in the state civil service has been result-oriented.
The drive of this amiable Senator is propelled by vision for a better society. It is against this backdrop that he had, in the past, renovated and constructed classrooms of primary and post-primary schools, constructed science laboratories in schools in the rural areas to complement government’s efforts, attracted federal government’s projects through budgetary provisions, and granted scholarships to some indigent students in his senatorial district.
To the Senator, education is critical to human and societal advancement as clearly demonstrated by his commitment in this direction.
Again, it is worthy to note that the Senator has also provided succour to the people of his senatorial district through various empowerment programmes.
•Joseph Ayalo is Lafia-based public commentator and analyst
