Hon. Abdul Rafiu Yakubu: Impacting Lives With Philanthropic Gestures, A Rescue Mission To Lokoja-Kogi Federal constituency
By Abubakar Suleman

Though Many people in Kogi state have not been able to agree that wealthy men in the state assist the poor Indigenes, even though, we have notable rich men who are supposed to assist the needies and less privileged ones but unfortunately, it wasnt so, How much each of the wealthy men has given out over time is, not known nor documented.

Yet, there are few philanthropists that remain anonymous and will never reveal the extent of their giving to several causes and charities.
For record purposes, an Abuja-based Indigene of Oworo land in Lokoja local government area, Hon. Abdul Rafiu Yakubu Foundation has been passionate about his people and their development, has poured in hundreds of millions of naira into his community’s development, to the point that his constituency, Lokoja-Kogi federal constituency has begin to witness a huge transformation from his impactful gestures.
This level of philanthropic acts is totally unknown not only in this part of the state but even in the country. For a man to take up the provision of infrastructure – rehabilitation of roads, drilling of boreholes, renovation of primary and secondary schools, donations to churches and mosques, helping to pay electricity bills and perhaps most important, payment of hospital bills.
This is not limited to the number of people he has sponsored in the higher institutions to study. Worthy of note is the fact that many of those that have benefited from his largesse are not his relations.
Hon. Yakubu’s huge charitable works are extraordinary and certainly differ from that of other philanthropists in this part of the state. A situation recently emerged where, Hon. Abdul Rafiu Yakubu Foundation visited a primary school in Ward C in Lokoja, Oworoland, Koton-karfe and other communities within lokoja-kk federal constituency.
The Cordinators of his foundation disclosed that the kind of philanthropy exhibited by Hon. Abdul Rafiu Yakubu has never been witnessed in Kogi state. And when a man shows this kind of generosity that Yakubu has done for his people, it is important to recognize it so that others can do the same when they are in the same position.