This is even as the Institute unveiled the list of outstanding Nigerians to be honoured as peace ambassadors in various capacities.
Some of the award recipients are Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, as Laureate of Peace and Security (LOPS); Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, as Laureate of Security (LOS); a former Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, as Laureate of Security (LOS), Chief Press Secretary to Osun State Governor, Ismail Omipidan, as Fellow of the Institute, among other personalities.
Speaking during an interactive session with journalists, the President of the Institute, Comrade Lamina Kamiludeen Omotoyosi, said the conference was put together as a forum to brainstorm on issues bordering on global peace, unity and cohesion.
By Victor Ogunje
The founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), has attributed the crises confronting the country to the decay in the Nigerian education system.
Babalola stated this in Ado Ekiti, yesterday when he played host simultaneously to leaders of Bursarsâ Association of Polytechnics and Colleges of Technology (BURSCON), and the federal government Gas Expansion Committee, who paid a courtesy call to ABUAD.
The BURSCON President, Chief Adolphus Obi, and the leader of the federal government Gas Expansion Committee, Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim, applauded Babalola for laying a solid foundation for the growth of education in Nigeria.
By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado Ekiti
The founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti(ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola(SAN), on Wednesday identified the decay in the nation’s educational system as the source of the crises confronting the country.
The Legal luminary expressed regret that the government was not doing enough to the funding of education, saying paltry six percent was budgeted for education by the present government as against 26 present recommended by UNESCO.
Babalola said this in Ado Ekiti while playing host simultaneously to leaders of Bursars’ Association of Polytechnics and Colleges of Technology (BURSCON) and the Federal Government’s Gas expansion Committee, who paid a courtesy call to ABUAD.
The Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Engr. Adedeji Doherty, has called on Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, to exercise caution in handling the tension created by insecurity in the state, saying calling for the arrest of Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo (aka Sunday Ighoho) will not solve the problems.
Insecurity: Lagos PDP chairman urges Makinde to exercise caution
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By Adeola Badru
The Chairman Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Engr. Adedeji Doherty has called on Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, to exercise caution in handling the tension created by insecurity in the state, saying calling for the arrest of Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo (aka Sunday Ighoho) will not solve the problems.
He urged Governor Makinde to avoid taking hasty decisions, but that he should endeavour to set up a Peace, Truth and Reconciliation Panel that would be made up of members of both the Yoruba and Hausa/Fulani communities in the state.