“I Turned Down Ministerial Appointment Offers From Four Presidents”

Chief Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), the proprietor and founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, has explained why he turned down ministerial appointments offered to him by four Nigerian presidents.

Chief Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), the proprietor and founder of Afe Babalola University

The proprietor of the institution revealed this at the 3rd convocation ceremony of the university on Wednesday, October 21, in Ado Ekiti.

According to NAN, he said turning down the appointments was not out of pride but the conviction that his law practice was enough to make him comfortable and also contribute to the national development.

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Babalola said that with so much pressure from former President Olusegun Obasanjo he later accepted to serve as Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council of the University of Lagos, on the condition that he would not be paid salaries or allowances throughout his tenure.

 

The renowned lawyer expressed regrets that many Nigerians were not willing to contribute to national development, urging them to shun greed and be contented.

He further said that the rot as well as state of financial recklessness he met at the University of Lagos drove him into establishing a university.

The immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Attahiru Jega, in a remark praised Babalola’s vision in partnering with government to take education to the next level.

A total of 736 students graduated from the six faculties of the institution.

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Meanwhile Babalola, has said that Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, has shown the zeal to re-position education in the state and restore its lost glory.

The renowned lawyer, who commented on the education summit organised by the state government, said a similar one organised during Fayose’s first term, really improved the standard of education in the state and catapulted it to among the best in the country.

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