ABUAD founder backs OPC chief as Aare Ona
Kakanfo-designate
The Aare Ona Kakanfo-designate of the Yoruba, Gani Adams, has
said the founder of Afe Babalola University in Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD),
Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), is “one of the most influential people in
Africa”.
Adams, who toured ABUAD yesterday when he visited Babalola with
his entourage, also described the eminent lawyer as “an illustrious
son of the Yoruba nation”.
The Aare Ona Kakanfo-designate described the ABUAD Teaching
Hospital as a world-class health institution that can end medical
tourism among Nigerians.
He urged the hospital’s management to charge fees that poor
Nigerians can afford.
The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) coordinator said he was at
ABUAD to seek Babalola’s advice as he prepared for his installation
as the Aare Ona Kakanfo of the Yoruba on January 15.
Adams said: “I came to seek elderly wisdom from Chief Afe
Babalola, who is considered to be one of the most influential
people in Africa.
“He’s not only as legal luminary but also as somebody who has
done a lot to unify the Yoruba nation.
“I am here for his advice. He has taught me a lot about the
history of the Yoruba race. For you to be put in an influential
position and you don’t know the history of the Yoruba, you will not
be resourceful.
“He has taught me, even post-installation agenda, because it is
one thing to be installed as the Aare Ona Kakanfo and it is another
thing to perform in that position.
“I am here to see an illustrious son of the Yoruba nation. I
begged Baba not to relent on his efforts regarding the unity of the
race. The Yoruba nation is great with about 250 million people
across the world: those in Nigeria are just 60 million; those in
the Caribbean countries are about 100 million. In Brazil, with over
200 million people, the Yoruba are about 18 per cent of that
population.”
On his impression of ABUADTH, Adams said: “Afe Babalola
University Teaching Hospital will become a medical tourist
destination with the kind of equipment I saw here. I can compare it
with the one I saw in Germany.
“Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital will ease the
problems of health challenges in the Southwest and other parts of
Nigeria.
“I have just appealed to the management that it should allow the
fee to be moderate. With the kind of equipment I saw there, I can
imagine what a patient will pay for a medical check-up. We don’t
need to check out again for medical check-up with what is in the
teaching hospital.”
Babalola said: “Everybody knows he (Adams) has been nominated by
the Alaafin as the next Aare Ona Kakanfo. He came personally to
give me my invitation to attend his installation. I am 100 per cent
in support of the appointment of Gani Adams by the Alaafin.
“If you followed the history of this young man, he has been very
dynamic, highly focused. I think this is part of the
characteristics that made Alafin to appoint him.
“My advice to him is that he is holding a very sensitive
position in Yoruba land, the position held by great people who made
Yoruba a nation. He will continue to do what others before him did:
think of making the race greater and to defend its cause.”
ABUAD founder backs OPC chief as Aare Ona
Kakanfo-designate
The Aare Ona Kakanfo-designate of the Yoruba, Gani Adams, has
said the founder of Afe Babalola University in Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD),
Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), is “one of the most influential people in
Africa”.
Adams, who toured ABUAD yesterday when he visited Babalola with
his entourage, also described the eminent lawyer as “an illustrious
son of the Yoruba nation”.
The Aare Ona Kakanfo-designate described the ABUAD Teaching
Hospital as a world-class health institution that can end medical
tourism among Nigerians.
He urged the hospital’s management to charge fees that poor
Nigerians can afford.
The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) coordinator said he was at
ABUAD to seek Babalola’s advice as he prepared for his installation
as the Aare Ona Kakanfo of the Yoruba on January 15.
Adams said: “I came to seek elderly wisdom from Chief Afe
Babalola, who is considered to be one of the most influential
people in Africa.
“He’s not only as legal luminary but also as somebody who has
done a lot to unify the Yoruba nation.
“I am here for his advice. He has taught me a lot about the
history of the Yoruba race. For you to be put in an influential
position and you don’t know the history of the Yoruba, you will not
be resourceful.
“He has taught me, even post-installation agenda, because it is
one thing to be installed as the Aare Ona Kakanfo and it is another
thing to perform in that position.
“I am here to see an illustrious son of the Yoruba nation. I
begged Baba not to relent on his efforts regarding the unity of the
race. The Yoruba nation is great with about 250 million people
across the world: those in Nigeria are just 60 million; those in
the Caribbean countries are about 100 million. In Brazil, with over
200 million people, the Yoruba are about 18 per cent of that
population.”
On his impression of ABUADTH, Adams said: “Afe Babalola
University Teaching Hospital will become a medical tourist
destination with the kind of equipment I saw here. I can compare it
with the one I saw in Germany.
“Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital will ease the
problems of health challenges in the Southwest and other parts of
Nigeria.
“I have just appealed to the management that it should allow the
fee to be moderate. With the kind of equipment I saw there, I can
imagine what a patient will pay for a medical check-up. We don’t
need to check out again for medical check-up with what is in the
teaching hospital.”
Babalola said: “Everybody knows he (Adams) has been nominated by
the Alaafin as the next Aare Ona Kakanfo. He came personally to
give me my invitation to attend his installation. I am 100 per cent
in support of the appointment of Gani Adams by the Alaafin.
“If you followed the history of this young man, he has been very
dynamic, highly focused. I think this is part of the
characteristics that made Alafin to appoint him.
“My advice to him is that he is holding a very sensitive
position in Yoruba land, the position held by great people who made
Yoruba a nation. He will continue to do what others before him did:
think of making the race greater and to defend its cause.”
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