YUSUF ADAMU GAGDI: AN ALUMNUS WHO MADE THE DIFFERENCE FOR FCE PANKSHIN
Imagine what the thoughts of guests who gathered at the Federal College of Education, Pankshin on August 1, 2022 to receive the official gazette that changed the nomenclature of the College to Federal University of Education, Pankshin was like.
What could naturally be expected from students, College staff and authorities and guests would be gratitude to the President, National Assembly, the Governor of Plateau State and most importantly, the sponsor of the bill.
In this case, Rt Hon Yusuf Adamu Gagdi got all the encomiums deserving of his efforts. He surely deserves all, and more, for the role; which has turned out for good.
Fate played a huge role in what has become a reality concerning what used to be the Federal College of Education, Pankshin.
Whoever thought that a poor student from Gum-Gagdi, whose admission into the college in 2000 was contingent on how he was going to raise money for his academics, accommodation and feeding.
For an indigent student, who found accommodation only at the security post as he could not afford money to rent a room, but to have made his way through can only happen because God had destined him to be great.
Turning his attention to his alma mater and seeking to upgrade its status to a university must have been fate again. Many before and after him graduated from the College, however, God used him to direct his capacity and privilege towards changing its course.
Getting to this stage took a combination of several things put together; what with the roles his colleagues also played to help change the course of the lives of students and the community.
It is in the new development that a number of benefits will envelop the state and community. When our wards get work in the new university, when the food seller makes more sales, when landlords smile to the bank and several other beneficial multiplier activities take place there, our gratitude is that God used Rt Hon Yusuf Adamu Gagdi-an alumnus to make it happen.
It is one of the reasons why we desire for PKK to make VOGA 2023 happen.
It is in God we Trust
GAGDI STRATEGIC MEDIA TEAM
August 4, 2022
Freelance Reporters 