Na serious matter wey dey happen for Ado-Ekiti o! Baba Afe Babalola, wey be founder of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD), don collect big award from Pan-African Writers’ Association (PAWA). Dis award na Noble Patron of the Arts Award, and dem give am because e don dey push education and intellectual development for Africa since time.
PAWA na umbrella body wey dey cover 54 national writers’ associations across Africa plus our brothers wey dey for North and South America, West Indies, and Caribbean. Dem present di award for one jolly ceremony for Thursday wey just pass, and na Dr. Wale Okediran, di PAWA Secretary-General, carry di good news come deliver. E talk say dem choose Baba Afe Babalola because of im commitment to education and how e don change di game since ABUAD start 16 years ago.
E no be small matter, my people! Okediran talk say di school dey hala now with graduates wey dey shine like diamond for everywhere dem dey go. Dem dey do well for international level, and na true say Baba Afe don really pay im dues! E don serve as everything from pupil teacher to vice-principal and now, e be education big man.
As Baba Babalola hear di good news, e come show appreciation as e dey talk say dis kind recognition go help am continue di good work wey e dey do since ABUAD begin operation for January 4, 2010. E talk say im set di university up to make sure say dem dey produce graduates wey sabi character, philanthropy, and research. Na wah, dis Baba dey inspire many people!
Di Vice-Chancellor of ABUAD, Professor Smaranda Olarinde, too no go gree make di occasion pass without talk. She hail di event as celebration of excellence and legacy, saying wey dey here na patrons of di arts plus living legends wey sabi inspire plenty people, both young and old.
The koko be say, dis award gree push Baba Afe to continue to dey do better and dey raise di bar for education. Na so we dey look forward to di future wey ABUAD go bring come our side. E be like say di future bright, my people!
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