Afe Babalola, founder of Afe
Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, says civil servants are the problems of
Nigeria.
Babalola spoke at a dinner in
celebration of the conferment of a honorary doctor of letters on him by the
University of Ibadan (UI).
The dinner was organised in his
honour by lawyers of Emmanuel Chambers & Co.
He said he turned down
ministerial appointments because he cannot work with the “present type of civil
servants in this country”.
The senior advocate of Nigeria
said none of the civil servants in the country can work the way he does.
“Well, I turned ministerial
appointments down for two reasons,” he said.
“One, I cannot work with the
present type of civil servants in this country. The civil servants are the
problems in this country. None of them can work the way I work. I will create
instant enemies if I had accepted to be a minister.
“The second reason is that my
clients are so many. They protested and felt I would be disappointing them if I
accepted to be a minister. ”
He admitted that Nigeria is a
difficult county but expressed the hope that things could be better.
He said UI has trained well over
300,000 people, including billionaires, yet the university “could not boast of
of N5bn in endowment”.
“Great universities in the world
today depend not only on tuition fees but mostly on endowments and donations,
“he said.
In his address, Adebayo
Adenipekun, principal partner of Afe Babalola & Co, said they will always
follow the parts of honesty and integrity laid down by Babalola.
“I wish to assure you, sir, that
the chambers is well and kicking and still fulfilling your ideals, ” he said.
“No matter how tempting the brief
may be, we always ensure that we maintain the integrity of the chambers and
would not go beyond the bounds of due process of law.
“We are unperturbed by any
disability we may suffer. We are determined to follow your footprints of honesty
and integrity. “
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