Legal luminary and respected elder statesman, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN) has charged newly elected senators and members, House of Representatives from Ekiti State to use their new status to attract development to the state, using necessary connections and lobbying processes.
Aare Babalola, who gave the charged in Ado Ekiti on Sunday when the state governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji. led the three senators-elect and six House of Representatives members-elect to the founder of Afe Babalola University, called on all influential Ekiti indigenes at home and in the diaspora to start paying their taxes and development levies to the state in the drive to ensure aggressive development.
The legal icon, who is reputed as the highest tax payer in Ekiti State, appealed to all Ekiti people irrespective of political affiliation, to join hands with Governor Oyebanji to drive aggressive development of the state, adding that he was convinced Ekiti would progress rapidly under Oyebanji whom he described as a progressive leader.
Aare Babalola used the opportunity to call on local government administrators to embark on aggressive food production by investing massively in agricultural implements and inputs to make the state the food basket of the nation.
He highlighted his development strides in the state to include in law, education, health, youth development, industry, agriculture and lots more, adding that ABUAD Multi-Systems Hospital is on the verge of taking healthcare delivery close to the people by establishing ABUAD health centres in remote areas of the state to help people with critical health challenges who may not be able to visit the main hospital.
Chief Babalola who hailed the exemplary leadership of Governor Oyebanji, said the Ekiti governor had started effecting some positive changes in the state, urging him to ensure their sustainability.
“Whatever you want to achieve in life starts from leadership at all levels, the fact that we are able to bring you together here shows a new leadership order and that Governor Oyebanji is an exemplary leader and he will continue to be successful,” Aare Babalola noted.
