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Statsocial:
The heartbeat of the Chancellor, Landmark University, Dr David Oyedepo, for exhibiting excellence in human endeavors is palpable. His well-articulated ideas towards achieving the excellent feat are golden and as convinc- ing as ever, notable of his erudite mien. Unmistaken is his passion for the transformation of humanity in alignment with the precept of God.


He is frantic in his commit- ment towards creating platforms for generating solutions that are requisite for improving the educa- tional landscape of Nigeria and the continent of Africa. His quest for redeeming the image of the black race via development of leadership capacity and spearhead- ing of an agricultural revolution led to the establishment of Landmark University with a highly competi- tive learning environment for all students, who are groomed through the custom built programmes such as Total Man Concept, Towards a Total Graduate and Agripreneur- ship packages, the unique sell- ing points of the University.


Dr Oyedepo’s huge investments and impacts in this regard have offered students and Faculty ample access to the top-notch teaching and re- search facilities in the University that keeps receiving great acco- lades in her drive for a world class status. In this interview, the Chan- cellor bears his mind on why the Core Values of the University have essentially remained a remarkable force to be reckoned with globally and the undying quest for the reali- zation of the University’s agrarian mandate.


Excerpts: 1.
Interviewer: The seven Core Values of Spirituality, Possibility Mental- ity, Capacity Building, Integrity, Responsibility, Diligence and Sacrifice have remained major at- traction to the parents who have willingly sent their children and wards to the University. How do you plan to sustain these values in a changing environment that uni- versity education is facing with strong regulatory environment under which universities operate?


Chancellor: The Core Values were drawn from the background of the need to raise changed people who will change their world. We are poised to bring back to the fore the character di- mension of learning at the Univer- sity level, like we usually say they are found worthy in character and learning. There has been zero at- tention to character when we came onboard, so we needed to create a platform that helps enhance the character aspect of learning and it is showing today.


For instance, the Nigerian graduate report publica- tion ranked Covenant University Number One in the list of Nigerian Universities with the most employ- able graduates having 90% employ- ability rate. That is the effect of the Core Values, it helps to equip our students on the pathways of life so that they can be relevant to the so- ciety and I think we are achieving that.


There is a university in America where they have 16 of our gradu- ates undertaking postgraduate stud- ies and when Professor Okebukola went there on official functions, they said we have 16 Nigerians here and they are unique, their packaging, commitment and intel- ligence is unique, they said they are from one Covenant University, he said oh I am not surprised I am part of that University too. He was very proud of those children.


He gath- ered them together and had a chat with them because of the quality of training. The whole essence of what we are doing is to raise world changers who will first need to ex- perience the changes themselves. Leave God behind, you are empty, throw integrity to the trashcan, you are finished, lack sacrifice, you can- not be a successful leader; a sacri- fice gives his best and beyond his best to lead a cause in which he believes.


All those things are there to help equip the student to be relevant because relevance is key. You cannot be relevant and not be significant. What we are trying to do is to ensure that platform is cre- ated overtime and the same thing is taking place in here, Landmark University. Most institutions to- day now have Core Values.


They did not have any before, you just live anyhow and finish anyhow, if you finish, that is what we do with the Core Values. Examina- tion malpractice culminates in summary dismissal from our sys- tem, we cannot be raising people who will deal with corruption and are corrupt themselves.


Examina- tion malpractice at 500 level, no mercy! We are convinced that he has been doing it since 100 lev- el otherwise there would not be need to do it at 500 level, and we have a psychological basis for that.


There is no way you will go for ex- amination malpractice at 500 level in Engineering, if you have been passing your exams since 100 level. So we are also out to sanitize the intellectual platform of our na- tion.


I must say this; Governors have come to pick their children from our campus. The daughter of our first Vice-Chancellor was rus- ticated from the University for one year, my adopted son was thrown out for one year at Covenant, so there is no white cow in the system and that makes everybody shake and fear.

If I must mention it, one of our for- mer Presidents had a relation that had a son rusticated and called me, I said I am sorry, I do not get involved, please talk to the Vice- Chancellor. He said can I have his number, I said no and we are still friends. Because the moment you make rules and you abide by the rules yourself, everybody is forced to follow, and that is what we are trying to do.


We are in dire need of leaders in our country and we will be wishing till death until we start raising the kind of leaders we want by taking them through the princi- ple of this kind of training so that they can be there to effect changes.


Interviewer: A major indicator of success in the University administration is the degree to which it can at- tract and retain high quality Fac- ulty. What plans are on the way to achieve this feat in Landmark University?


Chancellor: The plans are obvious, let us maintain conducive atmosphere for learning and research.
Let us generate good comfort for faculty and staff. There is no system that does not have staff turnover; the rate may differ from one place to the other.

We are sensitive to the need of faculty and staff, so when they bring forth their needs we see which one can be addressed per time. We are committed to excellence; if you know how much your univer- sity spends on power, then you will know we are doing our best to keep life comfortable. We believe in re- taining faculty and staff because it empowers continuity and helps to encourage those who are com- ing behind that there is something good in the land that they can be partakers of.


Interviewer: We appreciate your commit- ment to the provision of first-class infrastructure in Landmark Uni- versity. Considering the mainte- nance culture in Nigeria, what strategies are in place for the sus- tainable maintenance of these in- frastructures?

Chancellor: We are not new as an organization to infrastructural development. One of the comments that NUC made in Lagos when they came for the verification visit for Covenant University was that they have been around for a week and they cannot pick a piece of paper on the floor, can this be Nigeria? We were in the slum as it were in Alimosho Area, Raji Oba.


I used the public toilet that they use there when I am hav- ing a programme, you find it intact. We are committed to continuous first-class maintenance of our in- frastructure.


At Covenant, we just invested about #380 million reno- vating staff housing that was com- pleted last year. We are known for quality maintenance culture, you can be in Nigeria and not of Nige- ria.

If you come to Faith Tabernacle on Sunday by 5pm you will not know anybody came there for worship with that multitude because the sanctuary keepers have invaded the whole place and tidy up every- thing, it looks like nobody has ever used the place.

We are very used to it and we want to continue to improve on it particularly on the approach. Poor workmanship is a major problem in our country and when the workmanship is poor, it tells on the maintenance.

https://educationexplorersite./2017/10/18/bishop-oyedepo-my-adopted-son-was-also-thrown-out-of-covenant-university/


Because the moment you make rules and you abide by the rules yourself, everybody is forced to follow, and that is what we are trying to do......that to me is the key to effective leadership which seriously, Nigeria needs.

GenBuhari:
Hearsay.

Ever heard of the Chinese whispers phenomenon?

Let the WB official present written communication where the president stated that they are to focus on the North.
The written word is more difficult to twist or misrepresent.

Even as I write it sounds a very unlikely thing to do since world bank only provide funding and are not (or shouldn't be) concerned what part of the country the funds are for.
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ChangetheChange:


Buhari is a monumental disaster to Nigeria

nairanaira12:
I'm sorry o. Your statement sounds stupid. Are you a teenager? So he should be allowed to climb God's Holy Alter to crack sensual jokes because he goes to church? What kind of thwarted, knotted, twists, confused understanding do you guys have about Christianity these days? Do they even teach you guys anything reasonable in those churches of yours?

libertyhope2017:
Nnamdi Kanu said something few years ago on Radio that if you observe people who show off material things, that if you go and find out their background, they come from a very poor family, especially if their wealth is gotten not from hard work. Because they have never had the opportunity to taste those material things when they were poor, as soon as they get a little money from questionable source(without hardwork), they buy those things they have long to have.

He went further, no successful freedom fighter in the world came from a poor family; not one. That's why they could never be bought with money or material things...BECAUSE THEY HAVE TESTED IT AND KNOW IT MEANS NOTHING. He gave example of Ojukwu; despite his father being the richest man in Nigeria then, and having access to the best life in the world, Ojukwu saw all these things as meaningless, instead his goal was freedom of his people. He is coming to Uwazurike...LOL. He said because Uwazurike came from a very poor family, that he cannot be a freedom fighter because if they give him a house or 50 million, because he has never tested those material things before, he will take it.Lol.

Reminds of Dino Maleye; not shocking he came from a very poor family and always showing off. You will never see Sen. Saraki showing off like this because he has enjoyed all these growing up.

Abfinest007:
CAN has no right to criticize anybody bcus they themselves are also not left out they invite politicians to d church and CAN is more involve in politics than d politicians themselves

49cents:
For the records. At the Twilight of Obasanjo's administration he made the then EFCC boss to investigate the entire 36 state governors and ONLY Donald Duke was 100 percent clean.....
So I was shocked why Obasanjo would choose Jonathan over Duke as yaradua's running mate

asuustrike2009:
Yes it's good to pray for pastors. But most pastors are at fault for such dressing. They allow such dressing to church in the name of it doesn't matter because God sees the heart. You rarely see Muslim ladies dressing like this

emmpire:
From waist up is not proportional to waist down.
Jeans is improper to the top. Is that jeans suppose to be for his younger brother or what?

Mcslize:
I have tried it. Normally I used to purchase my data from a data dealer who is a nairalander. I have been patronising him all these while not until my data got exhausted during weekend. Called to purchase 2GB from him and promised to deposit his money the following Monday but didn't accept the deal. So , I purchase directly from 9mobile their 1GB monthly plan. When I received the confirmation message , I was surprised to see ,You can stream YouTube from 1AM to 5AM. I thought it was another joke from 9mobile again not until I gave it a try and went through. I used it to watch complete full movies for 3 bloody nights before it gets exhausted and received a message that my free YouTube streaming data had been exhausted. All these while, they never touched my main 1GB plan.

LocalChamp:
Published September 11, 2017

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu Abdullahi, has lamented the constant harassment of the Senate by Nigerians, adding that the upper legislative chamber cannot disclose its salaries and allowances.

Abdullahi said this during a live programme on Channels Television titled, ‘Politics Today.’

The Senate spokesman also refused to state how much the lawmakers earned in salary and allowances.

When asked to say how much he earned, Abdullahi said it was rude of the presenter to ask him how much each senator earned.

Abdulahi said, “You don’t expect me to come out on national television to say this is what I earn. It is not done. I cannot ask you as a journalist how much you earn. It is not done.

“If anybody is interested in how much we are getting paid, you know where to get the information. The documents are available. If Nigerians won’t believe that, is it what I will say that they will believe?”

The Senate spokesman said the figures released by the Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), were false, adding that the Senate’s budget was not even as high as what Sagay released.

He said Sagay was only trying to cause unnecessary tension between the National Assembly and the Presidency.

When confronted with the figures exclusively obtained by Channels Television which put the salary and allowances of each senator at N14m per month and House of Representatives members as N8m per month, Abdullahi said he could not confirm or deny the figures.

Abdullahi said the cost of democracy was not as high as the cost of not having democracy and Nigerians should look on the bright side.

He added, “This issue has become a recurring decimal. In the last two years people have been discussing this matter and I always ask myself, what do people really want to believe? I think if this subject matter has been discussed for two years and we are still looking at issues wrongly, then I think there is something wrong with us.

“The institutions that are responsible for providing this information are there. A law was promulgated on Top Salary Scale also known as TOPSA and it is based on this scale that everyone who holds one political office or the other gets paid.

“I want to also submit that I presume Prof. Sagay would have been paid based on the provision of this scale. For us in the National Assembly, the question needs to be asked ‘what is the cost of having democracy and what is the cost of not having democracy?’”

Sagay (SAN), had said last week that a Nigerian senator earns N29m per month.

“From the information I have gathered, a Nigerian senator earns about N29m a month and over N3bn a year,” the professor said.

He added, “Basic salary N2,484,245.50; hardship allowance, 1,242, 122.70; constituency allowance N4, 968, 509.00; furniture allowance N7, 452, 736.50; newspaper allowance N1, 242, 122.70.

“Wardrobe allowance N621,061.37; recess allowance N248, 424.55; accommodation 4,968,509.00; utilities N828,081.83; domestic staff N1,863,184.12; entertainment N828,081.83; personal assistant N621,061.37; vehicle maintenance allowance N1,863,184.12; leave allowance N248,424.55; severance gratuity N7, 425,736.50; and motor vehicle allowance N9, 936,982.00.”

http://punchng.com/we-cant-disclose-our-allowances-senate/

zionmade1:
And let me give a little education too, u can hardly (if not never) find a federal road in a condition like this in the north WHY?
must u think everything is about pdp and apc or pmb and GEJ.
So because gej(whose govt too is a failure) did not construct the road pmb too should not construct the road
tomorrow u will condemn people following kanu, why won't they agitate seeing the state of their region

taiwo4love:
Check Jumia

BrightDeGea:
I got mine from omegatron in Benin, price is 66,000

taiwo4love:
You can now get the Note 4 Pro (without the Xpen) for #66,000 or the Note 4 Pro (with the Xpen) for #70,500. Either way, you #TakeCharge

BrightDeGea:
I got mine today, phone is very good

sekundosekundo:
The truth is that 95% of Nigerians are corrupt and majority of them are Christians. A real Northern Muslim business man or woman won't disappoint you in business transactions.

Osahon7:
Abeg whats "PEPPED SOUP" AND " SOBO" ?

TechsNG:
Infinix Note 4 launch price: NGN 53,000 (2 GB RAM) / NGN 58,000 (3 GB RAM).

Infinix Note 4 PRO launch price: NGN 66,000

lizfab:
ojo marun lan lo ni ile-iwe
ojo marun lan lo ni ile-iwe
ko si ile ni saturday,ko si ile ni sunday
mura mura mura si ise o mase sole

olanreyman:
Where is your location? Are u having the same issue with your phone?

olanreyman:
Gone to where? It is a software issue and has been fixed. Pls lets trying to be saying only wat we are sure off. If screen is spoilt it wunt respond to even s-pen

chuksjuve:
"I hope this is not how my political opponents want to get back at me. [They know they would lose in the forthcoming election.”]


Poor thinking, nonsense talk..

What a comment from a father whose daughter was kidnapped?