– As varsity inducts New Medical Doctors
Legal Icon and founder ,Afe Babalola University ,Ado-Ekiti(ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola has disclosed that the products of the university are making waves around the world .
Speaking during the induction of qualified medical doctors by the Medical & Dental Council of Nigeria,Babalola charged the Inductees to count everyone important in their line of service.
The founder commended students and products of the university for making the difference, saying no graduate of ABUAD ever graduated without proving his or her mettle, anywhere they found themselves, both within and outside the country.
He urged the Inductees to be committed to their duties and shun all acts of indolence and complacency.
He disclosed that even at his advanced age, he still works 16 hours, and reads 11 hours per day.
Babalola :
” You must continue to use all the knowledge, gained from this university by being different at all times. Imbibe the spirit of all the things that you have learnt , because many of you do not even know that at my age, i still work for 16 hours a day, and read for about 11 hours per day.
” You must continue to read and work hard. This your first degree must not be the last, continue to read more until you acquire every academic certificate in your career.
” You, being medical practitioners in particular, are very important in this case. You must be accommodating. Don’t count anybody unimportant in your line of service.. Besides, you must be loving. You must be caring, and you must be well dressed at all times. Above all, you must regard everybody, especially patients, and give them hopes for life,” he said.
He added ; “You have received the best education from the best institution around. Make sure this is not your very last. You must keep reading and learning. All of these, are part of my hidden secrets to you, you can never buy them in any open market”
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof Smaranda Ayorinde said ABUAD had surged, over and above its peers and those it met on ground, as it is currently ranked 84th in the world, 3rd in Africa, and the number one university in Nigeria, for four consecutive years, from 2022 to 2025, by the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings.