Point News247 reports that the immediate past Chairman of the Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers and Alawe of Ilawe – Ekiti, Oba Ajibade Alabi has commended the Nigerian Senate for granting approval for the establishment of the new Law School Campus in Ekiti.
The foremost monarch, in a statement made available to journalists by his media Adviser, Chief Ajibade Olubunmi also dismissed the controversy trailing the location of the project as needless as the sponsor of the bill Senator Smart Adeyemi had reaffirmed Ilawe-Ekiti as the host community.
The monarch hinted that the community had made arrangements for the seamless takeoff of the project by offering land and building facilities.
Alawe, therefore, urged members of the public to disregard the earlier report suggesting another community as the host describing it as fake news.
Oba Alabi recalled that he appeared before the Senate Committee on Legal Education in Abuja in November 2021 and spoke on behalf of the traditional rulers of the six geo-political zones where the six proposed law schools would be sited.
Oba Alabi acknowledged the roles of the sponsors and promoters of the bill individually and collectively.
Specifically, Oba Alabi commended the leadership of the Senate led by Distinguished Senator Ahmed Jubril Lawan and the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Legal Education headed by Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele as well as the sponsor of the motion, Senator Smart Adeyemi.
The monarch said ” on behalf of the entire people of Ilawe Ekiti commended the Distinguished members of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for approving the siting of the campus of the Nigerian law school meant for the South West geo-political zone, in Ilawe Ekiti. Oba Alabi made the commendation in his palace at Ilawe Ekiti while reacting to the approval by the Senate.
Alawe also thanked members of the public for their support noting that the erroneous impression by a few sections of the press was corrected at a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday evening by the sponsor of the motion Senator Smart Adeyemi with a confirmation that Ilawe Ekiti would host the Law School campus for the Southwest geo-political zone of Nigeria.
Source: Barristerng