The Founder

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THE FOUNDER
The Founder

My poor background and very humble beginning has been the primary motivation to give my life to the total service of humanity. I have seen poverty; lived in it and experienced it but I overcame it. Therefore I cannot turn my back against those who are struggling through what I experienced before becoming what I am today. As a former Pro-Chancellor, University of Lagos, and as the best Pro-Chancellor in Nigeria for two consecutive years, I saw with my own eyes the decay in the nation’s university system, the poor delivery of quality education and the non existence of teaching and learning facilities. Also, I am concerned with the large number of applicants denied admission to universities each year. The need therefore arises not only to widen access to tertiary education but also improve on the quality of university intake. All these put together, I felt the strong need to bring a new thought by a dynamic and practical approach to change the face of university education delivery. With God on my side who has always made the impossibility possible, I launched Afe Babalola University in 2009. The University opened with three pioneering colleges but now has five colleges namely; College of Law, College of Social and Management Sciences, College of Sciences, College of Medical Sciences and College of Engineering with over 8000 students’ population. All the 52 programmes run by the University have full accreditation by the relevant Authorities and Professional Bodies.The idea of the Business School was bourne out of my quest to bequeath humanity by giving so much back to the society in the area of education at the barest minimum fee. This is in line with the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No. 4, which seeks to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. In view of this, Afe Babalola International Study Centre (ABISC), Ibadan has been upgraded to include ABUAD Business School, Ibadan with full powers to run postgraduate and undergraduate courses of the College of Social and Management Sciences, Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti.