Covenant
University’s chancellor, Bishop David Oyedepo has revealed how House of
Representative speaker, Honourable Yakubu Dogara donated his six months
salary during the construction of the varsity.
Bishop Oyedepo stated this at the Eagles Summit, an annual gathering
of alumnus of Covenant University at the school’s main campus in Ota.
The chancellor who spoke on ‘Developing spiritual capacity towards sustainable global impact’, said;
“The Speaker of
the Federal House of Assembly has been a son to me since his university
days. He shared a testimony yesterday about how he heard me say
something in Bauchi in 1988 and it changed his entire life forever. 1988
in Bauchi. It transformed his life forever because he picked it up and
ran with it.“When your University was taking off and we started construction,
he sacrificed his 6 months salary wholesale to Covenant University. He
has never had to struggle for anything in his life. Everything works in
divine frequency for him.”“And you hear him say again, I am a son of the House. Yes in the
midst of wolves, i am a practicing Christian. No truly spiritual person
ever gets stranded in life. I gave my life to Christ 48 years ago so I
have lived all my life with Jesus. Zero regrets.”“First Bank officials came here during the third phase of the
construction and asked which bank is bankrolling this project, and I
told them none. They said it is impossible. They didn’t understand.”“Your university has never been indebted to any bank. That is the
benefit of spirituality, things work for you in a way that seems
impossible to man.”“A top American economist and professor came to visit and came to
my office and said this is an Ivy League standard university even in
America. I told him thank you, I know.”