BY EBEN ENASCO KINGSLEY (BENIN CITY)
The Vice Chancellor,Benson Idahosa University, Professor Ernest B. Izevbigie has described the Founder and President of Believers Love Word Ministry,aka Christ Embassy, Rev. Chris Oyakhilome, as a striking Similarity and homology between the Institution.
This was embellished in the address delivered by the VC on the occasion of the special Convocation ceremony billed for October 23, 2015 in honor of the award of Doctor of Divinity Honorary degree done.on him.
Professor Osaghae remarked that the beneficiary,has contributed.immensely globally to the propagation of the Gospel of Christ Jesus to the benefits of mankind hence the award.
His words:” This is indeed a special day in the history of Benson Idahosa University because we are honoring a great man that is a beneficiary of Gods Covenants with Abraham and his descendants; A Man that is known globally by his first name, Pastor Chris. There are many striking similarities and homology between the graduand being honoured today and the Benson Idahosa University. Today, there are thousands of churches of the Believers Love World Ministry with Campus outreaches.
The Ministry has birthed several evangelical outreaches through television broadcast,publications,internet and digital communications.
He is the author of more than 30 books including “Non of these diseases, Prophecies and how to make your faith work, and how to pray”, among others.
The Doctor of divinity honorary award is the second in quick succession in months done on the Man of God who has pioneered several satellite stations across globe having meritoriously bagged award of excellence at the Ambrose Alli University for his astute contribution to humanity.
Meanwhile, in similar vein, Professor Osaghae enumerated some achievements through the years in its vision to dominate and raise leaders for the nation who he claimed are complete in spirit, mind,and body that epitomises core purpose of change Nigeria.
He said, in February 2002,Christian faith University was licensed by Federal Government through the National Universities Commission to operate as a Private university and today, God has continue to do new things.
Not done, he also affirmed that the school with population of over 3,000 undergraduates, and the only Institution in the continent of Africa among international Comity of Universities that enjoys its membership, has dominated the world of sports with statistics indicating consistently first in PUGA.
He further posited that, the infrastructural Development Movement to Okha,the Permanent site, has birthed its second Campus dedicated to the faculty of Agricultural Technology(FAAT),by the Most Rev. Margaret Idahosa (JP) in furtherance of the institutional Mission of raising leaders for the Nation.
Relatedly,he noted also that, three students from the Institution Participated in the World Science Conference held in Israel and were awarded Academic Fellowship to pursue Post graduate programmes in Hebrew University by their Government.
These values, in addition to the academic contents; he claimed, imparted to its students through six accredited faculties represented by students from more than 30 states across globe has pegged the university on international standard in the scheme of things as per university world assessments.
