The general overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor
Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has said that jollof rice and chicken being
enjoyed by the students of the University of Nigeria
, Nsukka, UNN, way
back in 1962, made him to choose the UNN as a university where he would
do his first degree.
Adeboye who was awarded with an honorarily doctorate degree of Doctor of
Divinity, DD by the University on Tuesday, said that he developed
interest in the University when he went with his fellow students on an
excursion to UNN in 1962 and saw students eating jollof rice with half a
chicken.
The cleric said that when he saw the way the students were enjoying
then, he decided that he God permitted, he would come to UNN to study
and lucky enough, the following year, 1963, he gained admission into the
prestigious University. Carried by what he saw, Adeboye said that, “I
took a pebble from the ground asked God to make me come to the
University.
The following year, 1963, God answered my prayers.” Adeboye however
regretted that he could not graduate from the University as he left in
1966 without a degree. He expressed joy, however, that sixty years
later, he has now been awarded a doctorate degree from the same
University and professors call him, ‘daddy.’ “I left UNN in 1966 without
a degree.
Sixty years later, I have gotten a degree from UNN, now not as a first
degree but a doctorate degree. That is why I feel elated. I am
overwhelmed,” he said. Speaking at the occasion, Pro-chancellor of the
University, Mr. Emmanuel Ukala, said that Adeboye deserved the honourary
degree because he was a man of achievement.
“It is necessary to point out, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, that
the University of Nigeria places high premium on positive, and the road
to the attainment of its honorary degree is quite tight indeed.
a result, anyone that successfully moves through the tight rope
deserves our honour and veneration. I, therefore congratulate Pastor E. A
Adeboye for his selection for the award of the honourary degree of the
University. Welcome on board as a significant member of the den of lions
and lionesses,” Ukala represented by the vice chancellor, Prof.
Benjamin Ozumba said.
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