The Chancellor of Igbinedion University, Okada, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, has renamed the Igbinedion University Teaching Hospital after Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, the founder of LoveWorld Ministries.
According to him, the hospital will henceforth be called Pastor Chris Oyakhilome Teaching Hospital.
Igbinedion announced the renaming during the convocation ceremony of the institution’s 2021/2022 academic session held in Okada, near Benin.
He also conferred an honorary Doctor of Science degree on Oyakhilome for his contributions to humanity and development.
In addition to the degree, the chancellor donated a parcel of land to LoveWorld Ministries.
In his response, Oyakhilome thanked the chancellor and the university management for the honour and kind gesture.
Earlier, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Lawrence Ezemonye, said that the institution was celebrating 23 years of academic excellence and two decades’ track record of timely graduation and unbroken convocation.
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Ezemonye noted that the university had so far turned out more than 16, 000 graduates and postgraduate students since inception.
Out of the 691 that graduated, according to him, 13 bag first class honours degree.
He said Oyakhilome and the founder, Rosula Foundation, Princess Rosemary Osula Mku-Atu, have touched the lives of many through their foundations and also provided scholarships for indigent students across the country.
The vice chancellor, who described the duo as deserving personalities for the honour, said the institution remained committed to academic excellence as it had enhanced her infrastructural and staff development towards providing quality education in the country.
“The infrastructural development of the university has continued to receive top priority. A massive upgrade of the classrooms, hostels and laboratories is ongoing. Similarly, a new auditorium with 3,000 sitting capacity is nearing completion, while an ultra-modern hotel complex to serve the needs of the university guests and visitors to Okada is also ongoing,” Ezemonye said.