Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, SAN has called on the government at all levels to focus on recognising and celebrating patriotic citizens who have made significant contributions to national development, rather than politicians and public office holders.
Babalola, who lamented the trends of government giving awards and recognition to corrupt politicians and individuals in the society, added that this must stop to build a great nation.
The legal icon who spoke on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti when he received the award of ‘Person of the Year’ from the Summit magazine under the leadership of Tunde Alufa, commended the organization for recognizing his efforts to the society with the award.
The nonagenarian explained that some patriotic citizens across different fields of human endeavours have done well in advancing the course of humanity and deserve to be recognized by the government rather than the politicians.
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