A lecturer and founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola has said that he can not work with the present type of civil servants in the country.
According to him, civil servants are the problems in the country.
Chief Babalola who stated this while giving reasons why he rejected ministerial appointments added that he will create immediate enemies if he had accepted to be a minister.
He made this assertion shortly after a dinner celebration of the conferment of Honorary Doctor of Letters on him by the University of Ibadan.
He said, “Well, I turned ministerial appointments down for two reasons.
“One, I cannot work with the present type of civil servants in this country. The civil servants are the problems in this country. None of them can work the way I work. I will create instant enemies if I had accepted to be a minister.
“The second reason is that my clients are so many. They protested and felt I would be disappointing them if I accepted to be a minister.”
He emphasized on the importance of charity, adding that Nigerians did not like to give because everybody wanted the government to do everything.
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