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OAU loses Law, Dentistry accreditation
One year after, Law, Dentistry, other courses yet to be re-accredited in OAU
OAU matriculates 6,650 new students, explains reduction in admission figure





The National Universities Commission (NUC) has revealed that 31.5 per cent of the academic staff of the Faculty of Law in Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, do not possess a doctorate degree.

This was contained in a recent report by an accreditation team sent to the university in 2019 by the commission.

NUC has, however, restored accreditation of some programmes it stopped at the university two years ago.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how the faculty, as well as some other departments, lost their accreditation in 2018 and were unable to admit students for the 2018/2019 academic year.

The school consequently asked admission seekers applying for Law, Botany, Dentistry, Fine Arts and Medical Rehabilitation programmes to change their courses or choose other institutions.

According to a report of the commission, a copy of which was obtained by this paper, the NUC has now accredited some the of the programmes but made some observations and demanded an improvement from the school.

In its observation on the Faculty of Law, the report read: “31.5% of academic staff do not have the Ph.D degree.”

The NUC advised the university to ensure that all the academic staff obtain doctorate degree.

The accreditation team had also reported that academic staff offices were not well-furnished while law material texts such as statute books, law books, laws of the Federation of Nigeria, law reports and journals were not available in the Judge Chambers.

Moreover, the team complained that the funding for the programme is inadequate.


Meanwhile, in its reaction, OAU Vice-Chancellor, Eyitope Ogunbodede, said the university would put in more efforts to ensure the sustenance of the high moral, academic and cultural standards which he said the university is noted for.

He said this in a statement issued by the school’s spokesperson, Abiodun Olanrewaju.

He noted that the NUC has restored the accreditation of some academic programmes being run by the Faculty of Law, Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Faculty of Science of the university.

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“Programmes being run by other Faculties were also accredited by the NUC while all programmes at the Postgraduate level were also fully accredited.”

Commenting on the results, Mr Ogunbodede lauded the Abubakar Rasheed-led NUC, for striving to ensure that all academic programmes in Nigerian universities are of international standards and their products adequately equipped to compete with their counterparts anywhere in the world.

He, however, called on stakeholders to assist the university in putting in place the infrastructure that would make “us fully realise and bring into fruition the dreams of the founding fathers.”


https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-west/393788-one-third-of-oau-law-lecturers-have-no-doctorate-degree-nuc.html




Lalasticlala

Personally, if we go by the technical definition. It seems 80% of Men are readily guilty of marital rape.

Anytime you spank your wife butt without asking - rape.

If you kiss your wife while sleeping - rape.

The implication of legal interpretation is mind boggling

Lalasticlala help push fp

This is a highly controversial topic in Nigeria and I would like to have you people's opinion.

Lagos — Rape is defined as a crime of forcing a woman or girl to have sex, especially using violence and it is one of the oldest crimes in the world.

Traditionally, rape could only be committed outside marriage, and courts did not apply the rape statutes to acts of forced sex between spouses because it was generally believed that a woman consented to all future sexual activity with her husband through the contract of marriage.

For many cultures in Nigeria, the idea of marital rape is foreign, something imposed and that which contradicts the belief that such matters should be dealt with privately rather than by the government.


Daily Trust gathered that marital rape is not an offence in Nigeria hence it is not prosecutable. A husband cannot rape his wife. It is assumed that the wife gives implied general consent to sexual intercourse with her husband upon entering the marriage contract, which she cannot retract.

It is therefore not surprising that in Nigeria today, there is no known case of a husband who is charged to court for marital or spousal rape.

However, some lawyers believe that the husband should obtain consent from the wife before every intercourse, while others believe that there is an implied consent on the side of the wife resulting from marriage which gives the husband a ready-made or automatic consent.

This is the confusion and it is hoped that the courts will have an opportunity in future to look at decisions on the issue.

https://allafrica.com/stories/202003030478.html


Lalasticlala

Awesome research

Lalasticlala

Covid19: Medicbird Unveils Free Video Consultations For Nigerian Patients Suffering Chronic Health Conditions


Alongside opening call channels that allows patients connect to highly experienced Mental Health Specialists, Medicbird, a growing startup company through the goodwill of over 150 medical doctors, a team of data analyst and call operators has opened up free telemedical services to all Nigerians for 90 days.

The center would focus on helping to manage Chronic health conditions for patients who have or may potentially lose access to healthcare facilities. This became imperative as many private hospitals erstwhile vital in servicing the healthcare needs of millions of Nigerians are either shutting operations or running at half strength due to the Covid19 pandemic.

As the virus continues to rage over many developing countries, patients are fearful of engaging with the healthcare system, even for needs unrelated to COVID-19. This means individuals with medical conditions like lupus, diabetes may in fact find it threatening to access care if they need them.

Strong engagement with patients has however been the core of chronic disease management in healthcare plans, with low acuity check-ins in hospitals or primary health centers and specialists being a vital component of care.

Telemedicine as an alternative: Telemedicine could serve as a substitute for patients unable to access their normal healthcare plans. It is therefore imperative to enable patients receive medical aid in managing illnesses with no additional risk to patient and medical practitioners.

The Medicbird system is designed to enable you reach the center through phone or Whatsapp messages and they get paired to a Nigerian medical doctor through health managers. The entire consultation must happen within a maximum time frame of twelve hours in which a convenient time is booked for both patients and doctors.

Noteworthy, is that while our center's focus is aimed at aiding patients suffering from chronic conditions, we are also poised to help patients with common illnesses needing medical attention through our vast network of General practitioners spread across Nigeria. This service is also entirely free and is enabled by the good gesture of Medicbird's medical professionals.

https://davidolaleye./2020/05/10/covid19-medicbird-unveils-free-video-call-consultations-for-nigerian-patients-suffering-chronic-health-conditions/

Amazing
Lalasticlala

cruxgemmata:
Who did u get 0.2m.

WTF is that

Intended as "how did u get 0.2m". If you are typing and miss the alphabet button(s), you know what autocorrect does? It changes the word to d next best thing.

Screenshot from ACC421 classes that held.

As Covid19 pandemic rages into Africa, most Nigerian private universities have been forced to close doors, just like their counterparts in the West. However, Covenant university had over the years used an emoodle platform to share academic contents between lecturers and students. This came handy as the University had to strengthen that structure to ensure academic activity wasn’t hindered.

Current students of the university on enquiry noted that they had begun using the platform for learning as their session continues.

Lalasticlala

https://davidolaleye./2020/04/03/covid19-covenant-university-continues-session-online/

If you are a doctor and you want to volunteer, kindly fill the form at the "click here" link at the base of cydern.com/blog

The Medicbird Teleresponse Crisis Center is the "not-for-profit" pilot phase of a Telemedicine project.

We intend to use this as a viable tool in the war against the spread and deleterious effect of #COVID19. Join us as we create a community of Doctors, Epidemiologists and other call responders who are willing and ready to help give medical assistance to the teeming masses, as we together, provide sound medical consultations - combating misinformation, abate the panic, and improving the health outcomes in our community these trying times.

This particular form below is for individuals who may want to join the call center. These are the first set of people who would receive calls from the public and pass the information to the medical team - which may choose to escalate it to CDC.



(Kindly note that Information entered here would NOT be shared to any third party by MTCC).


https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JjTx6gpG10XMri4K9JYx-DW0yv0RxUr12EwjEuV-Gfk/edit

CORONA VIRUS: Dr Pastor Paul Enenche of Dunamis donates 2 Billion Naira ($5.2million) listed Among Donors by Federal Government of Nigeria

A list of individuals and corporate establishments who have so far publicly announced their contributions in battling the Corona Pandemic.

Conspicuously at Number 8 is a full time pastor and medical doctor, Paul Enenche who pastors the world’s largest Church Auditorium, Glory Dome of Dunamis International Gospel Centre.

According to the list, he has (as at Saturday 28th March 2020) donated items worth N2 Billion ($5.26 million) towards the combating of the deadly virus.

https://www.facebook.com/444807728996437/posts/1998451706965357/

lalasticlala

Haha you guys should chill we are bored under this lockdown.

Lalasticlala FP straight


In my opinion Oyedepo is richer. Oyedepo receives money whether stock market is doing fine or not. Most churches are not bound by economic indices either.

No CIT, no VAT etc

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Covenant University has been named among the world’s 100 best universities in the emerging economies 2020.

The institution was ranked 91st in the annual list released by Times Higher Education (THE), on Tuesday. It is also the only Nigeria institution to make the cut.

Covenant University was jointly ranked on the same spot with National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan and University of Perandeniya, Sri Lanka.

THE explained that the list “includes only institutions in countries classified by the London Stock Exchange’s FTSE Group as ‘advanced emerging’, ‘secondary emerging’ or ‘frontier”.

It added that the ranking was done using 13 key performance indicators of institutions including their teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.

THE noted such indicators, however, “are recalibrated to reflect the development priorities of universities in emerging economies.”

The ranking, which examined 533 universities from 47 countries or regions, has China has the most represented country with 81 of its institutions included in the list.

This was followed by India and Brazil with 56 and 46 institutions respectively.

The University of Ibadan (UI) secured the 105 position while the University of Lagos (UNILAG) was ranked 201–250 out of the 533 universities.

https://lifestyle.thecable.ng/full-list-covenant-university-only-nigerian-institution-to-make-worlds-100-best-varsities-in-emerging-economies/

Oyedepo's curses working already...

Lalasticlala

Today, a core member of the RCCG church stopped me on my way home to ask why my pastor(Bishop Oyedepo) didn't come for Holy Ghost congress at the RCCG Mowe campus. This woman's expression connoted bewilderment. This is because Oyedepo is known to attend all August editions of Holy Ghost congresses. He only misses out on December because at that time Winners Chapel would be holding her own Shiloh congress.

While I couldn't answer the woman, I wondered if the current political climate had caused a strain between the two churches.

Oyedepo on previous occasions has been known to have issues with many of the democratically elected governments. But he has criticized Buhari's regine with great vigor. This is because Oyedepo has always seen Buhari as an existential threat to Christianity.

The Vice President, Yemi Osinbanjo who is an RCCG pastor has been caught in the cross fire man times. At one time Bishop referred to Osinbanjo as a mumu for not voicing out for the Christian community.

Lalasticlala

Yes I add to the Curses.

May all who empower the Fulani herdsmen never know peace.

They have soaked the ground with the blood of the Just, may they receive the curse of Cain.

May their businesses continue to dwindle and their own villages remain desolate.

May they die mysterious deaths.

For the politicians both at local, state and national levels who continue to support, finance the murderous herdsmen may your days be exceptionally few. May your bodies be a repository of diseases.

In Jesus name I also curse them!

Truth is Yoruba's control the tech scene as it were. Paga, Max.ng etc. Maybe it's because of Lagos. I don't know.

Withambition:
stop saying rubbish! Yes, an ABUAD graduate was the best graduating student; while ABUAD produced 12 first class graduates, UNILAG and OAU produced 20 first graduates each.

I'm not a fan of this type of argument anyway. It depends on effort individual students put.

You are a sule. Abuad was represented by 50 students, oau, Unilag and rest presumably had over 100 people repping them.

Dadean:
unilag won that same competition this year, no big deal.
just congratulate the winner and stop ranting.
can't indulge u in ur private vs public bullshii.

It was last year then this year, get your story right first.

Lalasticlala

I can help re design your website.

Dadean:
Ui, like some other public universities, does not offer banking and finance. Just congratulate the winner and move on, this is not a diick measuring contest.

congratulations to the girl.

Every competition is a d!ck measuring contest, and in this case Covenant's own is longer
Since UI doesn't offer business courses as you suggested why then did they participate in last year's CFA competition? Which by the way Covenant still destroyed all them faces.

This is not holding brief for Covenant alone, but to let you know the private sector led initiative is taking over and a rebuff to the crappy, overhyped nonsense you call universities.
Even the UI's bursar jettisoned OAU, UniLag, UNN and ran his Masters and PhD in Babcock university.

HigherEd:
A total of 30 best graduating students in Banking and Finance Departments from 28 linkage institutions in the universities and polytechnics across Nigeria competed for the award

1st class in private uni is equal to 3rd class in Fed Uni .... Yen yen yen


This competition had the likes of OAU, UNN, Unilag and UI compete with their best, yet it is someone from a private uni that defeated all of them. During pressid Covenant led all Nigerian Universities the three times the competition was conducted.

Last year ABUAD dominated the law school exams with overall best from same ABUAD.

Consultant to the Library building project, which partially caved in at the University of Lagos in February, Mr Oreoluwa Fadayomi, said he had warned the contractor, Mr Olatunde Runsewe, that the building could collapse if the proper steps were not taken and even refused to approve progress thereby delaying the project.

During Saturday’s inspection of the building by members of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Procurement and the hearing that followed, the Committee disagreed with Fadayomi and Runsewe on whether part of the building collapsed or not.

While a member of the Committee, Solomon Maren, an engineer, said many other buildings that came down under construction nationwide had collapsed in similar way, both Fadayomi and Runsewe insisted that it was the formwork, not the building itself that collapsed.

Fadayomi, Director of Landmark Integrated Technologies Limited, however, told the Committee that Runsewe’s Dutum Co Ltd workers lacked the expertise to complete the eight-storey library project, which he said should have been delivered since last November.


“The management of the contractor as it was (as at the time of incident)) cannot handle the continuation of the project. Here is a job we should have handed over in November last year and we are still on the first floor. And why were we on the first floor, because I was diligently monitoring and refusing to approve shoddy work and I was being blacklisted and blackmailed. We changed supervisor over three times becuase we said no. They would give us methodologies that would not work and we would say No. The Management; the staffing have to be overhauled to continue the project. If it is the same persons and process, Sir, my firm will withdraw from that project because we cannot continue to supervise at that level. They have to up their game if they have to continue,” he said.

When asked if the building could still stand or should be brought down, Fadayomi said there were ways to remedy the mistake of the contractor that led to the form work’s partial collapse, provided a new team was in charge of work at the site.

“The structure is sound. We will retrofit it and make it work,” he said.

In his defense, Runsewe said he was competent to handle the construction as he had handled similar projects – such as the Senate Building of the Covenant University and that of the University of Ibadan, but the UNILAG Vice-Chancellor (VC), Prof Young Ogundipe informed the committee that Runsewe did not deliver the UI project on time.

Chairman of the Committee, Oluwole Oke, said the House of Representatives decided to investigate the project and others, following a letter by the university’s Pro-Chancellor, Dr Wale Babalakin, in which he drew attention to issues of alleged financial infractions and faulty project implementation.

“We are here pursuant of the resolution of the House mandating us to investigate the alleged infractions of provisions of public procurement Act 2007 and other financial issues. And we invited the stakeholders.

“Even though the regulators, the NUC and the Federal Ministry of Education have already taken steps, we felt that the allegations of the Pro-Chancellor were very weighty and we felt we should investigate his claims.”

The Committee asked the University management to provide documents of Council composition; minutes of meetings; actions and decisions; management presentation and composition since the VC resumed; audited accounts of the University in the period under review ( 2017-2019); procurement records and record of all projects.



As issues around procurement was at the heart of the probe, Oke underscored VC’s role as the chairman of the institution’s Tenders Board and the Procumemt Planning Board, and urged him to take full charge as he would be answerable to the government in case of any infractions.

“Part of the things we established was that there was no clear understanding of the functions of the Council and the Management of the Council. We drew the attention of the Council members to the provisions of Section 20 of the Procurement Act, which states that it is the Accounting Officer that has the mandate to manage, supervise and ensure compliance with the provisions of the Procurement Act. That has been stated clearly.

“The Accounting Officer of the University is the Vice Chancellor. And it is clearly stated in Section 20 that it shall be immaterial whether he has delegated a person or group of persons to carry out one function or the other, that in case of any infractions, he shall be personally liable. And we have drawn his attention to this provision that henceforth, he should take charge of things. If anything goes wrong the government will hold him responsible,” he said.

The building was only 25 per cent complete when the mishap happened and the contractor had been paid N444million of the N1.9 billion bill. Investigation into the matter continued last Monday in Abuja.

Other members of House Committee on Procurement at the hearing included: Dr Bode Ayorinde; Hon Gabriel Onyenwife; Hon Sam Onuigbo and Barrister Turin Abdullahi, who served as the Clerk.

Also, Management and Council members at the meeting were: Mr Lelan Lawal (Bursar); Mr Azeez Oladejo – Registrar; Prof Folasade Ogunsola (DVC Development Services); Prof Oluwole Familoni (DVC Academic and Research); Prof Foluso Lesi (Provost CMUL) and Mr Oloko Babatunde (Director, Works) and Prof Boniface Oye-Adeniran, who represented the Senate in Council, among others.

https://thenationonlineng.net/i-warned-unilag-building-project-contractor/

Lalasticlala

Petrol is to fire what Persecution is to Christianity.

China is witnessing increase for Christianity, Palestine now largest supplier of missionaries per population. Something is happening!

It’s a simple story that can be summarized in just two sentences: Persecution threatened to wipe out Iran’s tiny church. Instead, the Iran church has become the fastest growing in the world, and it is influencing the region for Christ.

Everyone loves a good story. As Christians, we especially love stories that tell us how, when all seems lost, God makes a way.


One such story is about the church in Iran—and it’s one of the greatest stories in the world today.

As simple as it is, such an amazing story is worth examining deeper.

Growth Amid Persecution

The Iranian revolution of 1979 established a hard-line Islamic regime. Over the next two decades, Christians faced increasing opposition and persecution: All missionaries were kicked out, evangelism was outlawed, Bibles in Persian were banned and soon became scarce, and several pastors were killed. The church came under tremendous pressure. Many feared the small Iranian church would soon wither away and die.


But the exact opposite has happened. Despite continued hostility from the late 1970s until now, Iranians have become the Muslim people most open to the gospel in the Middle East.

Despite continued hostility from the late 1970s until now, Iranians have become the Muslim people most open to the gospel in the Middle East.

How did this happen? Two factors have contributed to this openness. First, violence in the name of Islam has caused widespread disillusionment with the regime and led many Iranians to question their beliefs. Second, many Iranian Christians have continued to boldly and faithfully tell others about Christ, in the face of persecution.


As a result, more Iranians have become Christians in the last 20 years than in the previous 13 centuries put together since Islam came to Iran. In 1979, there were an estimated 500 Christians from a Muslim background in Iran. Today, there are hundreds of thousands—some say more than 1 million. Whatever the exact number, many Iranians are turning to Jesus as Lord and Savior.

More Iranians have become Christians in the last 20 years than in the previous 13 centuries put together.

In fact, last year the mission research organization Operation World named Iran as having the fastest-growing evangelical church in the world. According to the same organization, the second-fastest growing church is in Afghanistan—and Afghans are being reached in part by Iranians, since their languages are similar.

Three Changed Lives

The testimonies of Iranian men and women who’ve come to Christ are powerful.

Kamran was a violent man who used to sell drugs and weapons. One day, a friend gave him a New Testament. After reading for five consecutive days, Kamran gave his life to Jesus. When his family and friends saw his transformed life over the ensuing months, many of them also came to faith. A church now meets in Kamran’s house.

Reza was a mullah (a Muslim scholar) who hoped to become an ayatollah (a Shiite leader). One day, while studying at an Islamic seminary in Iran, he found a New Testament that had been boldly left in the library. Out of curiosity, he picked it up and was deeply shaken. Over time, he fell in love with Jesus. Today Reza is a trained church planter serving in the Iran region.

Fatemah’s earliest memories were of being raped by her brothers. At age 11, she was sold in marriage to a young drug addict who abused her and then divorced her when she was 17. Upon returning home she was raped again, until she decided to leave. On the streets she heard the gospel preached, and she trusted Jesus. In time, she married a Christian man. As they were receiving training in evangelism and church planting, Fatemah felt called to go back home and witness to her family. Her entire family repented and gave their lives to the Lord. The first church Fatemah and her husband planted was in her childhood home.

Fatemah felt called to go back home and witness to her family. Her entire family repented and gave their lives to the Lord.

I’ve had the privilege of hearing Kamran, Reza and Fatemah share their stories. I’ve heard countless other testimonies that are equally remarkable. Each one is a painful and yet marvelous celebration of the gospel’s beauty. Each one is a powerful reminder that despite trials and persecution—perhaps because of the suffering—the gospel of Jesus shines and the church of Jesus grows.

Story God Is Writing

We’re living in a time when many Christians are suffering for their faith, particularly in Islamic contexts. People often react by preaching fear and hatred of the Muslim world. Yet the apostle Paul reminds us that we are to “rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer” (Rom. 12:12). This is our call.

And the story God is writing for Iran reminds us that we have every reason to rejoice and remain confident in our sovereign Lord and the power of his gospel. Jesus will build his church. It’s a promise (Matt. 16:18).

I ask that you would keep the people and nation of Iran in your prayers. Please pray for:

• Many more Iranians to give their lives to Christ.

• Endurance and joy for Iranian Christians suffering in prison for their ministry—many have testified to sensing the prayers of the global church while imprisoned.

• More trained leaders to serve as evangelists, church planters and pastors to disciple the many new Iranian believers.

Persecution threatened to wipe out Iran’s tiny church. Instead, by God’s mighty hand, his church is growing rapidly. Praise him!


https://churchleaders.com/news/288330-story-irans-church-two-sentences-mark-howard-the-gospel-coalition.html


Lalasticlala

The Role Of The 21st Century Church In The Educational, Infrastructural and Social Development Of The Developing World.


by Ifelola Olaleye David



Education: The church of God continues to be a leading light in the educational sector of developing nations. From the very first days missionaries set foot on the Shores of Africa, they made it clear they weren't only bringing the message of salvation, but on the heels of salvation rapidly came healthcare and education. Today, the church impact on education hasn't waned.

While the early missionary push focused on access for millions of Africans who had previously never had any form of access to formal education, the contemporary church focused on quality and scientific prowess in nations whose education sector were already in shambles. The 90s and early 2000s witnessed a chaotic period for Nigerian schools - especially tertiary education which was plagued by lengthy strike actions, cultism, indigene - student clashes, decaying infrastructure, female student harassment, over enrollment etc. Public primary school system began to collapse and it was clear that there had to be a radical change to salvage the education sector.

The very government officials in charge of running the education sector began to enroll their own kids in foreign schools in a bid to escape the decadence that besieged the sector. Churches immediately took up the gauntlet and began a rescue mission without government financial support to salvage an ailing system. Unfortunately, churches have been mostly attacked rather than celebrated for their intervention in the education sector, primarily as a result of ignorance. Many have criticised the contemporary church for not providing the exact type of education the early missionaries provided, which many claim was free. However, many do not realise that missionaries of old were backed by powerful western nations in funding.

The missionaries were also coming from nations with superior economies aided by many free lancers and volunteers. However it is important to state that the Contemporary church regardless continues to subsidise education even amidst unfair criticisms from a section of the populace. To buttress this fact, according to Times Higher education(a British university consultancy company) the American University of Cairo(AUC) and Covenant University Ota(CU) are co-ranked the best private universities in Africa for 2019. But while CU was founded in 2002, AUC was founded In 1919. And while AUC's maximum tuition stands at N5 Million per annum, CU's maximum tuition stands at N900,000 per annum. This clearly indicates that Covenant University by having 80% lower tuition in comparison to an equally elite secular university is definitely being subsidized by her proprietors. The apostolic faith Church on the other hand continues grants subvention worth over N350 Million naira/annum to Crawford University.

Highlights Of The Achievement Of Churches In the Education Sector


70% of Congolese secondary schools were founded by the catholic church.

50% of Nigeria's private universities were established by Churches.

Covenant University, founded by Living Faith Church is the highest ranked Nigerian University on the British Times Higher Education ranking.

Redeemers University a private missionary university remains the leading institution for Infectious disease research and has gone on to create Kits against Ebola and Lassa fever.

Landmark university, founded by Living Faith Church is the first agriculture based private university in Africa.

Multi billion naira research grants are being won by faculty of church universities e.g Professor Happi's $250,000, $6M from ACEGID, World Bank(Redeemers University). Professor Eni's $3M from Bill and Melinda Gates found.(Covenant university), Professor Adebiyi's $6M, $200,000 from World Bank, NIH(Covenant). Professor Moses Emetere's N9M grant from NCC(Covenant) and Professor Sanjay's $800,000 grant from David Oyedepo Found(Covenant).

Living Faith is in the process of establishing 1,500 primary schools in Africa.

According to Agenzia Fidez the Catholic Church runs 70,544 kindergartens with 6,478,627 pupils; 92,847 primary schools with 31,151,170 pupils; 43,591 secondary schools with 17,793,559 pupils. The Church also cares for 2,304,171 high school pupils, and 3,338,455 university students.

Yonsei University, founded by protestant missionary in South Korea(a former developing nation) is amongst the popularly known SKY institutions. SKY institutions are the Ivy leagues of South Korea and consist of Seoul National University, Korea University and Yonsei university.

Multi billion naira Tech startups such as Paystack(Babcock) Piggybank(Covenant), Kora(Covenant) MyMusic, PushCV(Covenant), Stutern(Bowen), Softcom(Covenant), Hotels.ng(Covenant), MyMusic(Babcock) were exclusively or collaboratively founded by graduates of church universities.

Kemi Onabanjo a First class graduate of Covenant University became the Valedictorian at one of the world's most reputable business schools - Insead, France.

Isreal Galadima, a student of Faith Academy, Ota led 2 million jamb candidates with an unprecedented 364 total score.



Infrastructure:

The church of God has made remarkable strides in developing nations. From hinterlands into cities, the impact of churches is most felt by the people who have had the opportunity to benefit from Church infrastructural projects. Today it is said in many corporate circles that the church is the most relevant investor in the real estate and construction sector. Many of the church infrastructure is geared at filling the gap in areas where the government either failed or is absent. Many of the church projects are responsible for employing thousands of workers and booming businesses for those in the construction sector and across the real estate value chain.

Highlight Of The Church's Impact In Infrastructural Development.

In 2010 a devastating earthquake ravaged the nation of Haiti, a particular village called Le Tant was nearly washed away completely. Fortunately for the people of Le Tant the Jentezen Franklin ministry heard their cries. The church with the help of funding from Christians worldwide rebuilt the village. The new village consisted of 100 units of houses and was named Kingdom Connection Village. The newly built houses were given to villagers for free.

The United Nations estimates that there is a 17 million housing deficit in Nigeria. With Lagos alone having 9 million of that number. Two prominent churches LFC and RCCG In Nigeria, are at the fore front of providing thousands of homes to people at very moderate fees.

Canaancity is a new city occupying 8,000 hectares(80 Km2) of land. The city land area which is almost twice bigger than Ikeja City(49.92 Km2) - the capital of Lagos is already being occupied by several residents. The City is planned to house 15,000 housing units. It's own independent power plants, fire services, police stations etc.

Redemption camp city is a project initiated by the Redeemed Christian Church Of God. The city which at 40,000 acres is the size of the country of Liechtenstein and one of the biggest Christian estates in the world. Redemption camp houses the world's largest Christian facility for worship - the 3KM - 3KM auditorium which can house millions of worshippers at the same time. In addition, the city contains several residential facilities and is powered by a 25MW power plant. Other significant projects undertaken by churches in Nigeria include the glory dome an 100,000 auditorium by Dunamis ministries, 120,000 salvation ministeries auditorium etc.

According to Churchgist - a christian blog outlet, the Ibikunle Amosun led Government equally announced that a licence had been awarded to Winners chapel to build a rail connecting Ota to Lagos while the church perfects plans to construct a four lane road linking Lafenwa to Ayobo.

In 2017 the deeper life church constructed a multi billion naira bridge and inner roads at the Gbagada area of Lagos.




Social Development:
The efforts of the church in the social development of developing nations are indeed too numerous to chronicle in one article. However, it is important to note that the Church movement has transformed numerous lives and continues to do so. The church has changed the way Africans live from time immemorial. From the eradication of hundreds of indigenous African religions - religions which burdened locals with numerous horrific practices such as the killing of twins, human sacrifices etc till the present day when churches continue to introduce innovative programmes which improve upon the socio economic conditions of the populace.

Highlights
Improvement of Inter Tribal relations:
In Africa where inter tribal relations amongst many ethnic group had in many cases deteriorated, the church has always served as a platform for reconciliation and healing. Today, it is not strange to see people of various tribes and ethnic groups worshipping God under one roof. Under the church platform, many marriages, friendships cutting across lands and seas have been instituted.

Rehabilitation:
RCCG church commissioned a multi million naira center named Christ Against Drug Abuse Ministry in Epe Lagos where lives of addicted young men and women are transformed for better.
The Tony Rapu Ministry has run a successful ministry taking young adults from the streets and transforming them by providing housing, education and most importantly mentorship.

Tourism:
It has been asserted by the Nigerian Tourism Development Commission that churches are the biggest sources of tourist coming into Nigeria. Programmes such as Holy Ghost congress, Shiloh, The experience are amongst church events bringing thousands of worshippers from across the globe into Nigeria.

Poverty Alleviation:
Churches like Dunamis, Winners Chapel have been on the fore front of alleviating the conditions of Internally Displaced Persons across Northern Nigeria. By providing food, water and shelter. Churches such as Daystar, KICC are popularly known to provide direct relief to poor individuals in Nigeria.
Winners Chapel at one time allocated N500 Million naira to Widows.

Vocational Training:
In 2016/2017 Winners Chapel Intl Ghana led by Pastor Muyiwa James provided vocational training to 2155 Ghanians as part of her corporate social responsibility.

Care For The Elderly:
Salvation Ministries is the leading organisation in the provision of homes for the elderly. The church has created a number of homes for the elderly across southern Nigeria.

Orphanages:
Undoubtedly, the Church movement runs the highest number of private orphanages in the developing and developed world.

Improving Local Economies:
Church campuses across the developing world are known to come with an improvement in the local economies of those host communities. According to the BBC, over $1 million is exchanged at Ota environs every Sunday.

Employment:
Churches are leading employers of thousands of workers. Apart from engagement of ministerial staff(pastors, evangelist and missionaries) with full benefits, Churches also have staff across their various interest such as schools, factories, publishing houses etc.

Sports And Recreation:
The church of God has made significant progress in the sporting sectors of developing nations, while many churches now have sporting teams. A particular ministry called the Mountain Of Fire Ministries has stood out remarkably. The MFM ministry runs the MFM FC - a venerable football club that has gone on to win numerous titles across the African continent. Other Churches have gone on to focus on the sporting Infrastructure of their countries. The Winners Chapel Church commissioned a 6,500 capacity football stadium at it's Ota campus. The stadium built at the cost of a billion naira exceeds the Agege stadium(4,000 capacity) and Onikan Stadium(5,000 capacity) in capacity.

Disaster Relief:
The James and Betty Robinson led Life Outreach Ministry has helped countless scores of dying children in South Sudan by providing them health care, water and food. The ministry in the past few years has dug hundreds of wells in a nation that has not fully recovered from its decades long civil war with its Northern neighbour. The Winners Chapel was also the largest relief donor during the 2005 Ikeja cantonment bomb blast.

Scholarships And Endowments:
The Winners Chapel Church has spent over N1 Billion naira on educational scholarships from the inception of the church. Mountain Of Fire Ministries on the other hand built a top notch research center for the University Of Lagos while Pastor Adeboye has endowed professorial chairs in Mathematics at the University of Lagos.

Music And Film Industry:
The Church has succeeded in producing highly talented musicians who continue to impact lives with meaningful lyrics. Examples of talented Christian Gospel artistes are Ebenezer Obey, Tope Alabi, Chioma Jesus, Nathaniel Bassey, Sinach, Frank Edwards etc. The Mount Zion Ministry has equally set the pace in Gospel film production that significantly shaped the lives of many young adults for good.


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