Winners Has Six Million Members In 147 Countries --Oyedepo

The President of Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel), Bishop David
Oyedepo, says the ministry has six million members in 147 nations
across the world.

Oyedepo made the disclosure on Saturday at a breakfast meeting with
members of Omu-Aran Government Secondary School Old Boys Association
at the Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara.

Oyedepo, the Chancellor of Landmark and Covenant Universities and also
a member of OGSSOBA, said that the figure was ascertained at the
recent convention of the church.

He advised members of old boys association to rededicate themselves to
arresting infrastructure decay in all colleges and institutions across
the length and breadth of the country.

Oyedepo said the task of improving the facilities in schools had gone
beyond the sole responsibility of government, urging the old boys to
be partners in progress.

"No amount is too small or too big toward the growth, progress and
development of the schools," he said.

Mr Segun Adeniyi, the newly elected president of the association,
described Oyedepo as a living legend of the nation's education sector.

He said that Oyedepo remained a role model to both the current and old
students of Government Secondary School in Omu-Aran.

Adeniyi appealed to all members of the association to identify with
the aspiration of the school in order to make it a model among its
peers.

He commended the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee, Alhaji Jibril
Haruna, for successfully organising the election and giving the
association a new constitution.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Adeniyi was elected the new
president at the association's annual general meeting held at the
school's "Hall of Fame" in Omu-Aran on Friday.
Haruna, who is the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Tertiary
Education, Science and Technology in Kwara, said he was grateful for
the opportunity given to him to serve.

He also pledged total support to the new executive members which he
urged to fully commence preparation for the celebration of the
association's 50th anniversary coming up in May, 2015.
--PUNCH