Kuliya of Ilorin Emirate and Professor of Law Practice, Mallam Yusuf Ali SAN, has counseled stakeholders that there is no substitute for Education, noting that it is in the best interest of Nigerian governments to pay maximum attention to the sector.
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The senior lawyer, however, said that the government alone cannot fund education, calling on corporate bodies, individuals and citizens to consider other interventions in the sector to help mould the country’s future leaders.
The legal giant spoke with Journalists on the sideline of the inauguration of a twin Lecture Theatre in the Faculty of Law named after him by the management of Thomas Adewumi University, Oko-Irese, a privately owned institution in Irepodun local government area of Kwara state.
Ali expressed delight that he was honored without any financial contribution from him to the project but in recognition of his disposition and contributions to education development.
He says, “There is no substitute for education, and leading knowledgeable people is more straightforward than ignorant people. When people are ignorant, there is no lie that will work, but when people are educated, it’s difficult for them to be cheated, and it’s also difficult for them to be led by the nose.
” So it’s in the interest of the government to ensure that they pay maximum attention to the issue of education, especially the funding.”
But having said that, Ali explained that ”education has gone beyond government funding education, we need other interventions from corporate bodies, from individuals, from other citizens and other people can intervene. So it’s mixed grilled”, he said.
Vice Chancellor of Thomas Adewumi University, Professor Francisca O. Oladipo, said the twin lecture theatre was named after the legal luminary to inspire the institution’s undergraduates, particularly the law students, to attain greater heights like him.
“Each time our students walk past that road, they see that name, they remember him, and they want to be like him. It inspired them to want to think like him, especially the Law students. They want to attain what he has been able to attain. So those are the two significant motives behind today’s events.
“And it also means sustainability; we constructed everything ourselves using the laterite blocks, the ones they called mud blocks used by our fathers in those days, and everything was done not by a contractor, even the metal work, for the roofing we used wood. There used to be a huge tree there; that place used to be a waste dump, so it also means waste to wealth”, she said.
In his address, the founder of the university, Engr. Dr. Johnson Adewumi also acknowledged that Prof. Ali’s unwavering dedication to education, justice, and the empowerment of young minds aligns with the vision and mission of establishing the university.
“We are proud of the strides TAU has made in its quest for academic excellence, and today’s commissioning represents another significant chapter in that journey,” he said.
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