Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) has entered into permanent collaboration with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA in Agricultural development and the production of Tradomedicals. The ABUAD founder, Aare Afe Babalola, said that the University has established partnerships with over 60 international universities across countries such as the US, Europe, the UK, Germany, South Africa, and others. He called on other international Organizations to also seek partnership with the Institution in manufacturing herbal-based drugs.
The legal luminary made the appeal on Monday in Ado-Ekiti while playing host to delegates from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), led by its Deputy Director-General for Partnerships and Delivery, Kenton Dashiell. Babalola highlighted the university’s significant achievement in producing a certified product using local herbs to combat viruses, emphasizing that herbal-based drugs are more potent and effective than modern capsules. He stated, “We are seeking investors.
ABUAD has grown beyond what you knew. We are looking for partnerships and grants to support us. “We want partnerships from the US and Europe to collaborate in the manufacturing of drugs using African herbs, which are more potent, stronger, and more effective than those produced elsewhere”.
The elder statesman praised IITA for visiting the institution, noting that their long-standing partnership has benefited the university in agriculture and other sectors. Babalola also attributed the university’s beauty and structure to the influence of IITA, which he described as a “London in Nigeria.” “The beauty of ABUAD is as a result of what I saw in IITA, Ibadan.
More than 60 International Universities have partnered with ABUAD. “We have them from the US, Europe, the UK, Germany, South Africa, and many more”. Responding, the IITA’s Deputy DG, Kenton Dashiell, commended the fruitful partnership between IITA and ABUAD, which began in 2012.
He said the partnership with ABUAD is in the continuum in order to ensure the university becomes the best in the world. “We will do everything possible to make sure this partnership grows stronger. “We will invest to see this University become more professional and make sure that ABUAD is ranked globally among Universities like Cambridge, and Harvard, among others”.
the IITA Deputy DG, Dashiell said..
