Chancellor of Igbinedion University renames University Teaching Hospital after Pastor Chris Oyakhilome

The Chancellor of Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, has renamed the Igbinedion University Teaching Hospital after Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, the founder  and President of LoveWorld Incorporated, Christ Embassy ministry.

Igbinedion at the convocation of the university’s 2021/2022 academic session in Okada, Benin City, declared that the teaching hospital will henceforth be called Pastor Chris Oyakhilome Teaching Hospital. The Chancellor 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 the LoveWorld Ministries.

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome thanked the chancellor and the university management for the honour and kind gesture.

The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Lawrence Ezemonye, had earlier said that the institution was celebrating 23 years of academic excellence and two decades’ track record of timely graduation and unbroken convocation.

Ezemonye noted that the university had so far turned out over 16, 000 graduates and postgraduate students since inception.