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Prof. AA Gwarzo: Tribute to a Distinguished Philanthropist @43 

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;3 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"2o65nT9x" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>By Adnan Mukhtar Tudunwada&comma;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"PE6w9HpH" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>I will be writing my first article in 2021 to celebrate the birthday of one of the &&num;8216&semi;overly generous&&num;8217&semi; person I have come across&semi; a philanthropist par excellence&comma; whose generosity knows no bound&comma; whose aim and wealth is for serving humanity&period; He is also an unrelenting advocate and promoter of quality education in the country&comma; a business mogul&comma; seasoned academic and an eloquent orator of all ages&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Like Audu Bulama Bukarti&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m always an advocate of  celebrating heroes while alive&comma; hale and hearty&period; I don&&num;8217&semi;t want to celebrate the good works of the likes of Adamu when they&&num;8217&semi;re not alive&period; It is good to celebrate heroes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Prof&period; Gwarzo is the founder of Maryam Abacha American University of Niger&comma; Maryam Abacha American University of Nigeria&comma; Maryam Abacha American University of Togo and Maryam Abacha College of Health Sciences Technology in Kaduna State&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"CeUWhI3B" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>At 43&comma; he has achieved so much and many more of the sterling achievements are still to come&period; He has touched so many lives with his unrivaled kindness and uncommon philanthropy&period; If Nigeria will be blessed with ten of his likes&comma; the future of young people and education would certainly be brighter&comma; in the years to come&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;3 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He has empowered many with job opportunities and capital to start a business of which I&&num;8217&semi;m a living witness&comma; so many of these gestures cannot be written here or expressed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I vividly&comma; can recall how he often asked us to hide his identity whenever his gesture reached where it is expected to&period; He would say that he did it for the sake of Allah&comma; and revealing his identity is not necessary&period; I know&comma; for sure&comma; that&comma; it is only God that will reward the philanthropy of this young man&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His passion for the empowerment of youth and women led to the establishment of the Adamu Gwarzo Foundation&comma; a non governmental organisation that stands cater for the need of the less privilege&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;3 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2020&sol;06&sol;14&sol;prof-odinkalu-52-garland-for-an-unrepentant-human-rights-activist&sol;">Prof Odinkalu &commat;52&colon; Garland for an unrepentant Human Rights Activist<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is through this powerful foundation that he supported a renowned Hausa singer that promoted girl child education in the 80&&num;8217&semi;s Magajiya Dambatta with a token of one million naira and promise to award her a Honorary Doctorate Degree for this great contribution&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Adamu Abubakar Gwarzo is a great man that words could not describe&comma; this space will not allow me to describe a man with a golden heart like Adamu&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>My dear Prof&comma; there are so many things that I want to thank you for&period; And I am sure&comma; I am going to be miss out some by the end of this note&period; However&comma; here is my gratitude for just been by my side in this turbulent life&comma; and making it all worthwhile&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thank you for being my best TEACHER&period; Besides my family&comma; you are my biggest supporter&comma; and I know that when I win&comma; you win&comma; and when you win&comma; I win&period; In this battle called life&comma; it doesn&&num;8217&semi;t matter who is in my opponents&&num;8217&semi; corner&comma; because I know I am always going to have you at my back&period; And that is the best asset I could ask for&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You encouraged me to chase my dreams like no one else does&period; When something good happens&comma; you are the first person I want to tell&comma; and when something bad happens&comma; you are also the first person I run for support&colon; and to God be the glory&comma; you have never turn down my request&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thank you for being a caring &&num;8216&semi;Daddy&&num;8217&semi; and Confidant&period; Prof&period; Adamu&comma; Thank you for standing beside me in the greatest of moments and the darkest of hours&period; Thank you for being there for me through thick and thin&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To know you is a privilege&comma; to associate with you is a honor and to get your trust is something of immense pride&period; I am indeed privileged&comma; honoured and proud have your trust&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You are my biggest &&num;8216&semi;bankroller&&num;8217&semi; when I contested for election in 2019&period; You awarded me a fully-funded scholarship in your University&comma; and launched my book at the cost of one million naira in the same year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You always want to see me close to you&period; Little wonder&comma; I have benefitted from the bold ideas that Allah has blessed you with&period; Not only that you are one of the most educated and successful young people in this country&comma; Allah has also blessed you with the exceptional ability to speak four different languages which are Hausa&comma; English&comma; Yoruba and French&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As my beacon of hope&comma; I don&&num;8217&semi;t know how to thank you&period; Yet&comma; I will not get tired of praying for you&period; May Allah reward you abundantly&comma; my paragon of humility cum phenomenal Prof&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thank you for being an inspiration and motivation to young people like me&period; Though&comma; words have failed me on several occasions&comma; but you didn&&num;8217&semi;t&period; Thus&comma; I beseech Allah to endow you with robust health&comma; limitless wealth and peerless wisdom of Allah&period; Ameen&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Happy Birthday&comma; Prof&period; AA Gwarzo&comma; Zakin Fama&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Allah yaja da kwanan Hajiya&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Adnan Mukhtar Tudunwada is a Journalist and Manager of PRNigeria Centre for Strategic Communication in Kano&period; He can be reached via adnanmukhtaradam&commat;gmail&period;com<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;3 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; 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