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  • Get ready for the second coming of Jesus, says Obasanjo

    Get ready for the second coming of Jesus, says Obasanjo

    Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday at Apostolic Faith Church said that  Christians should be prepared for the Second Coming of Jesus Christ  as the end of the world is near.

    Obasanjo made this remark during the 2017 Camp Meeting Concert by Apostolic Faith Church Choir and Orchestral at the Camp Ground Igbesa in Ogun.

    He said that as a person, he would like to make to  heaven  so as to sing with the angels.

    “You have to be fully prepared for the second coming of our Lord, there is no compromise.

    “I have a friend who will always say that when we get to heaven that we will be exhausted  praising God and it will be like a prison and will be very boring.

    “But what I have seen this afternoon by the choir, I will want to go to heaven and join the hosts to sing.

    “If this is an example of what  praising God in heaven will be, then I want to be  part of it. If what I have seen here is an indication of how heaven will be, I will like  go to heaven.

    “Jesus Christ came to the world to show us the way to salvation and eternal life. We have a good heritage and we have everything to be proud of,” he said.

    Obasanjo said that God could not  fix Nigeria  except Nigerians invite God into their lives collectively and individually.

    “We have a lot of things wrong with this country, if all Nigerians are sincere.

    “Nigeria can be fixed by God but we have to invite Him into our lives. What we have to do about this country is in our hands.

    “God’s grace abounds when we do not abuse it,” he said.

    The District Superintendent, Apostolic Faith, West Africa, Rev. Adebayo Adeniran,  said that only tolerance, peaceful coexistence and harmonious living amongst Nigerians , irrespective of religious and political differences,  could lead to meaningful development.

    He said that all hands must be on deck to build again a virile nation, where love and harmony, forgiveness and peace, equity and prosperity would reign supreme.

    “Our country’s shoulders will be raised high among the comity of nations. All Nigerians , irrespective of religion , should pray for the resurrection of what our nation has lost.

    “Nigerians should remain patient in the face of political and religious intolerance, insecurity and economic hardships. God will make us triumph over all of them,” he said.

    He also urged Christians to pray for the country’s leaders to lead the citizens with the fear of God.

    “We should pray for fresh outpouring of Holy Spirit on our leaders so that they can lead us aright .We must not trade the unity of our nation.

    “Therefore, as a nation, those who have responsibility for  our nation should ensure there is true federation; they must establish trust among the leaders and the led, they must work for the unity of our country, ” he added.

  • Porous foundation responsible for low graduates’ quality – Okebukola

    Porous foundation responsible for low graduates’ quality – Okebukola

    The recent drop in the quality of graduates from tertiary institutions has been attributed to the lack of good foundation. Prof. Peter Okebukola, the Pro-Chancellor, Crawford University, Igbesa, Ogun, made this statement on Wednesday.

    Okebukola, who is also a former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), said this at the 8th convocation ceremony of Crawford University.

    The faith-based university is owned by the Apostolic Faith Church, West and Central Africa.

    Okebukola said that the blame for the poor quality of graduates cannot be solely shouldered by tertiary education scholars alone, but poor foundation contributed largely to the menace.

    “We are burdened with the overall poor quality of graduates from Nigerian university system. Over the last 25 years, NUC and other stakeholders have been battling with redeeming the poor image.

    “Many of the redemption strategies have apparently not worked. Now is the time to change strategy in the spirit of this administration’s `Change Mantra’ and there are six strategies to employ.

    “The proposal on these strategies is based on the intensive study of the Nigerian university system over the last two years and consideration of recent international best practices,’’ he said.

    The pro-chancellor said that for the education system to be brought back to its glorious years, it must undergo a complete overhaul.

    “The first thing we should do is to undertake a complete overhaul of the basic and senior secondary system to improve the feedstock into our universities.

    “Why blame the universities for the poor quality of graduates if all you are feeding them is mediocre and poor quality secondary school leavers.

    “We cannot throw garbage into our universities and expect to reap gold. We need a complete turnaround of our pre-tertiary education because that is where the foundation is laid.

    “If the foundation is faulty, the tertiary level will have little to do because it is like a graduate that cannot construct a simple sentence in English; can he or she learn that in a higher institution?,’’ he asked.

    Okebukola advised that Nigeria should take a cue from other countries that have revamped their education sector through improved basic education.

    “We need to turn to countries with exemplary practices in this sub-sector as confirmed by the 2016 international comparisons of performance.

    “A way that is working in relatively poor countries as Singapore and Finland is to significantly improve investment in teachers’ quality, facilities and monitoring of the curriculum delivery process.

    “The second strategy is to pay attention to improvement in the quality and quantity of teachers in our universities because there is currently an estimated shortfall of about 40 percent in the number of teachers in schools.

    “We also need to rejuvenate the university ranking system and redouble the ICT resourcing of the system alongside strengthening the capacity of teaching in ICT literacy.”

    NAN reports that the 11-year-old university graduated 231,148 from College of Social Sciences and 81 from the College of Natural and Applied Sciences.

    Crawford University also has 21 first class with eight from the College of Social Sciences and 13 from the College of Natural and Applied Sciences.

  • Youths urged to serve God

    Youths urged to serve God

    It was an awesome worship experience last weekend at the 2013 Youth Concert of the Apostolic Faith Church.

    The concert tagged “the fruitfulness of the righteous” held at the church’s camp city in Igbesa, Ogun State.

    The orchestra choir made up of youths drawn across the country delighted the audience with the violin.

    The District Superintendent of the Apostolic Faith West and Central Africa, Rev Emmanuel Adeniran, urged the church as well as families to manage youths effectively so they don’t derail or fall into trauma.

    He said trauma can be engaged at the family, religious level and governmental level.

    Emphasising the role of the church in curbing the situation, he urged all stakeholders to brace up to the responsibility of providing youths with spiritual, psychological, educational and economic resources to cope with their challenges.

    According to him: “I want to say that all stakeholders should not leave the responsibility to the government alone. The press, teachers, and the parents have a role to play by creating the right environment around so that we eliminate trauma amongst the youth.”

    He urged youths to make use of their God- given talents in singing and playing of instruments.

  • Apostolic children celebrate

    No fewer than 120 children choir of the Apostolic Faith Church performed during the Children’s Day celebrated in the church last week.

    They held the audience spell-bound with songs delivered in Yoruba, Igbo and Efik.

    It was a spectacle to see four, five year olds playing the violin. They played inspiring melodious songs with the piano, orchestra and duets.

    The celebration with the theme Shining light was the second of its kind.

    It was to encourage children in drama, singing and use of musical instruments.

    The head of the Children’s Sunday School of the Apostolic Faith West and Central Africa, Christiana Oshiodipe, said the event was held to thrill children and charge them to deploy their talents in working for God.

    “Our purpose is to show other children the opportunity they have, that they can dramatise, they can sing and they can play instruments in the church,” she stressed.

    She urged parents to make their children shining lights in their community by bringing them to God even at tender ages.