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Sola Saraki Educational Foundation Reconstitutes Board, to commemorate 10th anniversary of Oloye’s Passage

The SOLA SARAKI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (SSEF) has reconstituted its Board and held an inaugural meeting of the reconstituted Board.
This follows the untimely demise of the erstwhile Chairman of the Board, Chief Olatunji Arosanyin in early September 2022 as well as similar sad departures which created a vacuum in the Board.
New entrants into the Board of Trustees of the Foundation are:
Dr Musa Audu
Dr Ali Ahmad
Alhaji Issa Bio Ibrahim
Sen. (Dr.) Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim
Hajia (Dr) Ayinke Saka
Hajia Nimata Ibrahim
Mr Agbaje Opobiyi
Mall. Muhammed Ibrahim Ajia
Dr Seyi Adigun
With the nine fresh additions, membership of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees has now risen to seventeen (17) under the acting Chairmanship of Dr Musa Audu. Alhaji Ladi Hassan retains his position as substantive Board Secretary. Furthermore, the reconstituted Board has approved new appointments within the Trusteeship, including Hajia (Dr.) Ayinke Saka as Treasurer while Dr Seyi Adigun is to serve as Publicity Secretary.
Founded in perpetual memory of the sage, His Eminence, Dr Abubakar Olusola Saraki, the Foundation has 5 objectives:
Sponsor indigent students undergoing degrees in various Nigerian Universities.
Endow academic chairs in medicine at Universities.
Sponsor medical research
Sponsor medical outreach programs
In the long term, establish a state-of-the-art CARDIOVASCULAR HOSPITAL to be named after Oloye Olusola Saraki.
At her most recent plenary held on October 8, 2022, hosted by Foundation’s Secretariat, Alhaji Ladi Hassan, the reconstituted Board reiterated the Trustee’s unwavering commitment to the core objectives above and commended the previous leadership of the Foundation for the momentous strides achieved.
During the meeting, chaired by the new helmsman of the Board Dr Musa Audu, the Foundation expressed concern over the grave state of education in Nigeria with a protracted industrial action by academic staff of universities still ongoing. The Board recalled that during his lifetime, the late Wazirin of Ilorin and former Senate Leader, Dr Olusola Saraki devoted an immense portion of his life and activities to the education of citizens. Members at the meeting found it lamentable that leaders in today’s Nigeria do not place a premium on the sacrosanct role of education in the pursuit of greatness for the nation.
After exhaustive deliberations, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted by attending members:
The Foundation remains resolute and unwavering in its commitment to upholding the ideological conviction of the Late Oloye Dr Abubakar Olusola Saraki that a greater, peaceful and prosperous Nigeria is achievable only with the prioritisation of qualitative education at all levels and in all spheres for citizenry.
Specific interventions toward the s promotion of medical education and research will continue to be e top priority for the reconstituted Board of the Foundation.
A medical outreach program will be held in the second week of November 2022 at a date to be announced to commemorate the 10tr anniversary of the exit from the m earthly realm of the statesman and sage, Oloye Olusola Saraki.
The Board appealed to the Federal Government, the academic community and all stakeholders to act responsibly and take genuine proactive steps to halt the current impasse which has disrupted university education in Nigeria on a scale that is both sad and unimaginable.
The Board saluted the Saraki Family for steadfastness and courage over the past 10 years of the passage of Oloye and urged the scions to continue to display vision and chivalry in public service, indelible trademarks which distinguished the late parsonage while on earth.
In the press release made available to the media by Dr Seyi Adigun, Publicity Secretary of SOLA SARAKI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (SSEF)

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