Tributes As Late Nigerian Minister Of Education, Saka Saadu, Is Laid To Rest

“Alhaji Saadu was a man with godly mind, a good family man, a person who served his community with all his heart. He was well loved by everybody around him. “He will be well remembered here at the University of Ilorin for the period he served as a council member and subsequently as acting Chairman of the Council, especially during the trying period of the University of Ilorin. We are all touched by his departure and we pray God to grant him eternal rest,”

“Alhaji Saka Saadu lived an exemplary life, a life of a true Muslim, a life of a community leader, and a life of a patriot. We will miss him very dearly and we believe that Allah will reward him for what he lived to do and grant him Aljanat Fridaus.”

“The late Alhaji Saka Saadu was a kind-hearted man; he served virtually in all strata of government. He was Permanent Secretary, Commissioner, Secretary to the State Government and Minister. When he retired from active service, people were calling him to head various committees.
“He headed the Committee on Monument and Museum set up by the Emir of Ilorin of which I was a member. He was until his death the Chairman of the Quranic competition committee that is coming up next month (February). He has been very useful to the community. He was a utility man to the community”.

“My father was a commissioner in the old Kwara State. He was appointed Commissioner for Land and Environment in July 1975 by the late Col. Ibrahim Taiwo,” he said.“When Taiwo died in 1976, he was still in the cabinet of the late Military Administrator George Agbazika Innih till 1978. He was a very honest man.”