The Chancellor, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun, David Oyedepo, has urged the Federal Government to reposition universities to provide intellectual solutions to issues of concern to government, commerce and industry.
Oyedepo gave the advice in an interview with NAN on Wednesday in Ota, Ogun. The Chancellor said it was time to reconstruct the intellectual armoury and take up intellectual arms that would turn educational institutions in Nigeria into solutions centres.
Oyedepo emphasised that Nigerian universities should serve as transformative hubs for reprogramming the intellectual landscape of young minds to foster a productive and value-added life.
He envisioned institutions that function like engineering workshops, where students’ potential is harnessed and refined through innovative programs, equipping them to drive societal progress and economic growth.
“What is the value of formal education and chains of degrees that proffer no solutions to numerous challenges confronting the country?
“Our universities should become like engineering workshops where we programme and deprogramme the intellectual system of young people for productive and value-adding life.
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“It is time for the universities to be repositioned to provide intellectual solutions to issues of concern to government, commerce and industry,” he said.
Oyedepo emphasised the need to open up “solutions centres” that would command the public’s attention and industries in our various sectors.
The chancellor added that the nation must leverage on this to deal with issues like unemployment, insecurity and others, confronting the country from the intellectual armouries, which is, our education institutions.
David Olaniyi Oyedepo is a Nigerian preacher, the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, and Presiding Bishop of the Faith Tabernacle in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria. The church is also known as Winners’ Chapel International.
Oyedepo has been regarded as one of the pioneers of the Christian charismatic movement in Africa, and has been referred to as one of the most influential preachers to originate out from Nigeria.
He is the Chancellor of Covenant University and Landmark University, and was named in 2011 by Forbes magazine as being the richest pastor in Nigeria.
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