Former Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has praised the leadership of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, calling it visionary. He singled out Awolowo's free education policy and presented it as a model worth following. That programme opened classrooms to children from ordinary families across the old Western Region generations ago. Leaders from that part of Nigeria still reach for Awolowo's legacy whenever education policy comes up. Osinbajo's tribute carries weight because he served two terms as vice-president and knows the limits of federal policy from the inside. His remarks land amid ongoing arguments in Nigeria over school access and funding. Holding up Awolowo's record is a quiet nudge to current officeholders to plan beyond the next budget cycle.