By Usman Abdullahi Koli, ANIPR
Every story begins with a seed. For the Wunti Al-Khair Foundation, that seed was compassion. It started quietly, in the careful acts of care for those who waited for a chance. But true compassion does not linger in the shadows. It grows. It transforms. It begins to shape the future.
Today, that transformation is visible in the Bala Wunti Technology Fellows. This is no ordinary training program. Conceived by Dr. Bala Maijama’a Wunti, it is a gateway. A proclamation that the world of tomorrow is open. Poverty, he reminds us, is not merely the absence of money—it is the absence of opportunity. And where opportunity is missing, it must be built, nurtured, and given wings.
The Fellows recently walked the corridors of Huawei Technologies’ Innovation Center. They did not come to look. They came to engage, to learn, to be seen as future collaborators. The visit was more than a tour of machines and screens; it was a conversation with possibility. Seeds were planted that may grow into a Bauchi fluent in the language of technology, innovation, and creativity.
Days later, the Fellows took their place at GITEX Nigeria, where ambition meets imagination. This was not a spectacle to admire. It was rehearsal. A chance to see the roles they will one day play in shaping the nation’s digital future. Step by step, exposure by exposure, they are moving from the familiar to the extraordinary, from preparation to performance.
Dr. Bala’s philosophy is simple but powerful: compassion and opportunity must evolve. Yesterday, it empowered locally. Today, it connects globally. Tomorrow, it will take new forms. True progress adapts to the needs of those it serves.
Consider this: a classroom awakens the mind. A fellowship opens doors to possibility. Northern youth cannot remain bystanders in the digital age. They must be participants, creators, innovators. A society’s strength is not merely in its land or resources, but in the imagination and skill of its young people. Equipped with the right tools, they stop being spectators. They become architects of their own destiny.
The Huawei visit was not an end. It was a milestone—a signal that Bauchi is ready to converse with the world in the language of innovation. That tradition and modernity can coexist. That overlooked children can rise, not as passive observers of opportunity, but as creators of solutions.
At the center of it all stands Dr. Bala Maijama’a Wunti. Calm, humble, resolute. A leader who understands that the brightest future is built today, in the hands and minds we prepare.
True progress is measured not by what we hold, but by what we empower others to carry forward. The Wunti Al-Khair Foundation reminds us that when preparation meets opportunity, hope becomes action, and dreams turn into reality. Bauchi is no longer a spectator. It is ready to contribute, innovate, and inspire.
The revolution of compassion continues, carried now by young minds armed with skills, ideas, and the courage to build tomorrow.
Usman Abdullahi Koli
mernoukoli@gmail.com.
