Adeboye charges RUN graduands on holiness

Ede (Osun), Sept. 6, 2023

Pastor Enoch Adeboye,  General Overseer,  Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), on Thursday urged graduands of the Redeemer’s University (RUN), Ede, Osun, to practise holiness at all times.

Adeboye gave the charge at the 15th Convocation Ceremony of the university.

The cleric was represented  by Pastor Olukayode Pitan, the Chairman  of  the Board of Trustees of the University.

Adeboye also urged the graduands 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 RUN graduated 750  undergraduate and postgraduate students at the convocation.

Akinlo said that the university awarded postgraduate diploma to 39 graduands, Master’s degree to 91, Master of Philosophy  to one, and  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 students, with   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 graduands to be good ambassador 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, he said, 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 special.

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  a miracle.