Daddy G.O Charges RUN Graduands On Holiness

September 11, 2023197 views0

Daddy G.O Charges RUN Graduands On Holiness

2023-09-11T10:37:55+01:00

By Marie

Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God has urged graduands of the Redeemer’s University (RUN), Ede, Osun, to practise holiness at all times.Pastor Adeboye gave the charge at the 15th Convocation Ceremony of the university.Pastor Olukayode Pitan, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the university, represented the cleric.Pastor Adeboye also urged the graduates to shun all forms of lust.He added that they should be humble and love God and His Word.” As you exit the university, don’t allow the world and its lusts to distract you.“Practise godliness and humility, and be lovers of God and his Word,” he said.In his remarks, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Anthony Akinlo, said that the university graduated 750 undergraduate and postgraduate students at the convocation.Akinlo said that the university awarded a postgraduate diploma to 39 graduands, a Master’s degree to 91, a Master of Philosophy to one, and a Doctor of Philosophy to seven.The vice-chancellor also said that 44 students made first class while 290 graduated with second class (upper division).According to him, Mr. Josiah Owojuyigbe of the mass communication department is the overall best-graduating student, with a cumulative grade point average of 4.93.Akinlo said that, in line with its policy, the university would give Owojuyigbe the position of a graduate assistant in addition to a full scholarship for a postgraduate programme tenable in the university.He urged the graduates to be good ambassadors of the university.“As graduates of the prestigious Redeemer’s University, let those unique life-changing values you have imbibed intellectually and spiritually be your permanent attributes,” he said.The Pro-Chancellor of the university, Pastor Ezekiel Odeyemi, said that the institution had been ranked one of the best private universities in the country.Odeyemi praised the graduands for discipline and decorum, which promoted peace in the university.In his valedictory speech, the overall best student, Owojuyigbe, said that he wept when he was informed of his performance.He said that he was overwhelmed by the faithfulness of God in his life as he did not consider himself to be remarkable.He said that he spent almost four years at the University of Ibadan College of Medicine before studying mass communication at RUN.Owojuyigbe described his feat as a miracle.ALSO READ: Mark Anthony Elected as the 7th Archbishop of North America