Ahmed Joda: The inspiring life of a stateman, By Jibrin Ibrahim

Alhaji Ahmed Joda died on August 13 and since his passage, there has been a remarkable outpouring of emotion at the loss of this great and endearing elder statesman. He was a skilled, experienced and well-respected public figure who spent almost his entire 91 years on earth devoted to building a better Nigeria. His life and engagement defined a concept whose meaning we no longer know – PUBLIC SERVANT. For him, it was service to his country and the entire citizenry.

In terms of public policy, my understanding is that for him, the greatest challenge facing Nigeria since 1970 is that of rebuilding a high-quality educational system that could build knowledge, skills, civic education and critical thinking for our young ones. That would be the basis on which they could have confidence in a future that could provide jobs, opportunities and progress for the majority. It was Ahmed Joda who drew our attention to the National Pledge made by Nigeria in 1973.

“These children are not actually in Quranic schools learning Islam and imbibing its teachings. They are children born and abandoned by their parents. They are children, at their most tender and vulnerable stages of their lives uncared for by their parents, and unrecognized by the authorities and society. They grow to adulthood without the parental care or guidance that every child is entitled to. No one knows, or cares, where they sleep, with whom they interact or what kind of lives they lead.

His response was that the defunct government of Northern Nigeria and the successor governments of the six Northern states bear the full responsibility for what they were now complaining about and not the Federal Government of Nigeria.

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