President Bola Tinubu has joined friends and family in the celebration of Chief Afe Babalola, Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, who clocked 92 on October 30.
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He spoke when he declared open the eighth edition of the Afe Babalola Agricultural Expo in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State
The events captured the lives of two great Yoruba sons and their exemplary contributions to the development of humanity
The event where the Governor prostrated was at the 60th anniversary of Babalola’s legal practice at ABUAD
Also expected at the event are: the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III; the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto State, Bishop Matthew Kukah, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yakubu Maikyau, SAN, among other respected dignitaries from within and outside the country.
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Aare Babalola, who gave the charge in Ado Ekiti on Sunday when the state Governor, Biodun Oyebanji. led the three Senators-elect and six House of Representatives members- elect to the Founder of Afe Babalola University, called on all influential Ekiti indigenes at home and in the diaspora to start paying their taxes and development levies to the state in the drive to ensure aggressive development.
The party spoke through its Publicity Secretary in the state, Segun Dipe, in a statement it issued on Thursday.
Babalola told a news briefing in Ado-Ekiti on Monday that the interim government should be in office for six months.
Babalola, who is also the Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) made the call in a statement issued on Monday in Ado-Ekiti.
President Buhari joins family members, friends and all well-wishers, particularly the Nigerian Bar Association, in celebrating the milestone with the lawyer, who rather defied so many odds to redefine and reposition himself for a successful life, and bring many into the limelight.
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Buhari also greeted the staff and management of the university on the milestones, which include ground breaking for factories and a rice mill, as well as donation of a library by the pro-chancellor and chairman of council, Professor Tunde Adeniran.
Tunde Olofintila, Head, Corporate Affairs of the university, who disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Ado Ekiti, added that Babalola made the statement while addressing a special session of the university’s Senate.
Chief Babalola turns 91 on October 30, 2020.
The lawyers, in two protest letters addressed to the National Executive Council of the Nigeria Bar Association, also ventilated their grievances against the harsh words directed at them by the apex court
Bamidele, who represents Ekiti Central Senatorial District, where Babalola hails from, extolled his virtues and described the legal icon as an embodiment of remarkable legacies to Ekiti, the legal profession and humanity as a whole.
The breakdown of the largesse, showed that the best farmer, second best, and third best in each of the 16 local government areas of the state got money ranging from N150,000, N100,000 to N50,000.
Legal icon and founder of Afe Babalola University, Chief Afe Babalola, says the current Nigerian constitution is inadequate to solve the myriads of problems confronting the country.
President Buhari’s congratulatory message was communicated through a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Tuesday.