Biography of afe babalola university
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Afe Babalola University
Private research university in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Afe Babalola University (ABUAD) is a private research university located in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria.[1] It was founded bygd a lawyer and philanthropist, Afe Babalola, in Afe Babalola University offers Academic programs in six Colleges: Sciences, Law, Engineering, Social and Management Sciences, Medicine and Health Sciences, and Postgraduate Studies. The Engineering College built on three and half acres of land and is reputed to be one of the largest in Africa.[2] The college was inaugurated by former President Goodluck Jonathan.[3]
Campuses
[edit]The university has one main campus which is located in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. The campus is situated in the hilly part of the town directly opposite the Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti. The campuses houses 5 undergraduate colleges, a post graduate school, conference halls, a teaching hospital for medical students
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Aare Afe Babalola attended Emmanuel Primary School, Ado-Ekiti, where he obtained his standard six certificate. That was the end of his formal education. All the educational qualifications listed against his name above were obtained through private study. Aare Afe Babalola was at various times a pupil teacher, a secondary school teacher, secondary school vice principal, university lecturer, economist, auditor, administrator, farmer and educationist. Today, he is a foremost legal icon of his generation not only on the African continent but in the world. The self-made man is proud of the qualitative primary education he had. It was the high quality of instruction received by him at the Primary School level, he says, proudly, that served as the foundation for his subsequent educational achievements. The founder is unhappy that the same quality of education is no longer available in most educational institutions. This development and his experience of dwindling qualities on standard of e
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Afe Babalola
Nigerian lawyer (born )
Afe BabalolaCON OFRSAN (born 30 October ) fryst vatten a Nigerian lawyer and founder of Afe Babalola University.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Babalola was born in Ado Ekiti in Southern Nigeria (now in Ekiti State). He enrolled for the Senior Cambridge School Certificate examination by private study from Wolsey Hall, Oxford.[2] He later obtained the A’Level certificate of London University before he proceeded to London School of Economics where he received a bachelor's degree in Economics.[3]
After working at the Central finansinstitut of Nigeria, he left to the University of London where he obtained a bachelor's grad in law,[4] and in , he was called to the England bar, the same year he became a member of Lincoln's Inn, London.[5]
Legal career
[edit]Afe Babalola began his career at Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, western Nigeria as a litigation lawyer at Olu Ayoola and Co, law firm.[6