Meet HON. FAROUK SAROUK Kwara State Governorship Aspirant
Hon Farouk Sarouk is a proverbial leave which is known to every farmer, and as Socrates the great philosopher said and I quote: “A golden fish has no hidden place”, Hon. Farouk Sarouk is that golden fish that the people found a way to locate to offer himself to selfless service to humanity, he lives a humble and simple lifestyle, he has travelled far and wide, and is a thorough believer in the emancipation of the masses. He always puts his people first and his gubernatorial ambition is not a desperate nor a do or die affair.
Hon. Farouk Sarouk schooled in Nigeria and in diaspora, he has a masters degree in business administration (MBA) from Kensington University, Glendale in the United States of America, it is key to note that he started his working career in Kwara State before his voluntary retirement in 1990 and worked in other states like Kaduna, Lagos, Ogun, and the F. C. T inclusive, hence, he knows the plight of civil servants in the State since time immemorial and would do his utmost best to address the shortcomings if given the mandate of selfless service.
Hon. Farouk Sarouk is an employer of labour, he owns various companies notable amongst which are Drushba Hospitality Ltd., Farsar Travel and Tours Ltd., Farsar Security Ltd., his companies have branches in Kwara, Abuja, Kaduna, Kogi, Osun IMO and other states, and he has used that opportunity to empower and create a source of livelihood for many Kwarans, it is also of note that the head of his company is a bonafide Kwaran. He also has his own foundation Farsar Rural Succour and Care (FARSCA Foundation) which focuses on bettering the lives of vulnerable rural people, the impacts of the foundation is limitless and he derives joy in seeing people happy, this is adjourned from his selfless service towards upliftment and betterment of the people within and outside his constituency and Nigeria at large. He is a renown educationist and seasonal administrator who has done so much to improve the lot of people in all facet of life, his commitments to education also led to the establishment of FARSAR INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE, which is aimed at providing secondary education to the ever increasing primary school leavers in the community.
Hon. Farouk Sarouk joined active politics due to his desire to impact growth and development to his people, he has served in some capacities and have never dissapointed his people. Some of his positions include Honourable member of the Federal House of Representatives, National Assembly Abuja, Honourable Commissioner of Rural Development, amongst other committees and boards which he has served at both National and State level.
SOME OF HIS ACHIEVEMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
A. SINKING OF BORE HOLES AND PORTABLE WELLS:
Bearing in mind the need to improve the living condition of his people, Hon. Farouk Sarouk made sincere efforts to sink about Ten (10) bore-holes and portable wells spread across Ilorin East/South which includes one at Okekura, Odemuse, Fate, Maya, Oke Andi, Ilorin Club, Elesin Meta, Okaka, Kulende, Panada amongst others.
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION:
SAROUK having realised that a life in darkness is a miserable one, he fought tooth and nail to see that many communities and villages gain the dividends of democracy by embarking upon intensive RURAL electrification project. The list of communities that have benefited from this project included Lajolo, Ita Alade, Atori, Budo-Are, Oba-Meje, Agbeyangi, Panada, Atanda and host of others.
POVERTY ALLEVIATION/SOS/WELFARE:
These are in numerous categories. One is centred around people in small scale businesses who are majorly artisans and traders who were given financial assistance within the range of #20,000 to increase their capital base in their trading activities. Another category involved people who were given reasonable amount of money to offset and meet urgent needs such as hospital bills, emergency journeys and repair of damages done by natural disasters. Lastly, their persistence request from constituents to purchase essential needs like food, clothes, and medicines.
SCHOLARSHIP AND BURSARY AWARDS:
It is not gainsaying that the lion share of SAROUK hard earned wealth has been diverted to the improvement of standard of education of students in the constituency. This culminated in to yearly scholarship/bursary awards in various local government areas.
DONATIONS OF FREE EXERCISE BOOKS:
In line with the above was the donation and distribution of free exercise books to the students of all primary schools within the nooks and crannies of Ilorin emirate.
PAYMENT OF EXAMINATION FEES:
In order to aid the less privileged and middle-class people who wanted to acquire western education which has become so much expensive, SAROUK without any discrimination on the grounds of religion, language and cultural affinity has extended his hands of generosity to the above mentioned people so that qualitative education could get to us all, FARSAR free extra moral lesson was also organized in Ipake to further assist the less privileged students.
ESSAY WRITING/QUIZ COMPETITION :
In recognition of the need to encourage and boost the morale of youths, annual essay writing and quiz competitions have been embarked upon by Hon. SAROUK for secondary and tertiary institutions respectively which attracted cash and other valuable gifts to the best three (3) Finalists.
EMPLOYMENT :
On realization of the fact that Government alone can not tackle the unemployment problem, SAROUK in his own capacity has secured for candidates from Kwara in gainful employments in federal government agencies, ministries and parastatals in Abuja and also many others at the Kwara State civil service. To his credit, about 8 persons were employed at the National Assembly, several other persons at federal parastatals and ministries, many others at the Kwara State civil service and more than 22 others were employed in private firms. Added to those mentioned early were about 12 people employed as his personal aides by SAROUK, and numerous others who have gained employment in his personal companies.
POLITICAL EDUCATION AND ENLIGHTENMENT:
It is also in recognition of the important of political education and enlightment that SAROUK has embarked upon sponsoring two representatives from each ward of both Ilorin East and South on a tour to Abuja for a week visit in order to expose them to the workings of the legislature in Nigeria, thereby watching live, the sittings, deliberations, and legislative proceedings at both Houses of the National Assembly from the Gallaries.
Thus so far so good, Hon. Farouk Sarouk has achieved a lot in a short period of time with little available resources and there are so many other programmes still to come

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