According to him, ABUAD is the only institution in the
country that currently has what is known as, Talent
Discovery Directorate.

The proprietor of Afe Babalola University, (ABUAD) Ado
Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola, says he has spent over N78
billion to develop the institution.
Babalola disclosed this on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti at a
grand reception organised by the university in honour
of one of its alumnus, Mr Popoola Olamide .
Olamide led a team of graduates and undergraduates
selected from three private universities in Nigeria to win
the “Unilever Future Leaders league" in UK.
The universities are Afe Babalola, Babcock and Samuel
Ajay Crowther.
Babalola said the figure was released to him recently
by the Audit and Accounting Units of the university.
He said that the figure represented what had been
spent on building of structure and provision of modern
academic equipment in the last six years of its
establishment.
The former Pro-Chancellor of the University of Lagos
said he had no regret investing such a huge sum as
long as his target of building human capacity through
quality education was achieved.
According to him, ABUAD is the only institution in the
country that currently has what is known as, Talent
Discovery Directorate.
This is where students are made to discover their<br /> gifted areas early enough and get mentored through<br /> provision of the right type of equipment, until they are<br /> nurtured to stardom.<br />The institution has also instituted “Hall of Fame” for
geniuses and other gifted students who are either
honoured or rewarded with cash or gift items at the
end of every academic exploit,’’ he said.
He said he was proud of the latest award-winning
student of the university and those before him as their
achievements proved that his investment was not
misplaced.
Responding, Olamide said that he, along with members
of his team from Babcock and Crowther universities,
first won the Unilever national contest in Lagos in
October 2015.
He said that they later went ahead to win the
continental edition in South Africa before winning the
global edition staged in London.
Olamide, a fresh graduate of Petroleum Engineering,
said that students from 30 countries across the world
participated in the grand finale of the Unilever contest
in London.