Dr. Daniel Kolawole
Olukoya, the General Overseer and founder of Mountain of Fire and Miracles
Ministries (MFM), is set to receive an honour well deserved at the 50th
convocation ceremony of the reputable University of Lagos billed to take place
from April 1 to 5, 2019.
The pastor, author and
televangelist is an outstanding graduate product of the famous university who
values education and a man after God’s heart. Over the years, he has exhibited great
philanthropy by supporting and sponsoring the less privileged students in
Nigeria beyond the walls of his reputable bible believing church MFM.
As a first class graduate from the
University of Lagos in 1980 with an outstanding degree in microbiology, he
proceeded on scholarship to the University of Reading in Reading, Berkshire,
England for his Doctorate degree (PhD) in Molecular Genetics.
He, thereafter, returned to Nigeria and
worked as a geneticist at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR),
Yaba-Lagos. As a researcher, and to his credit, he has published over 80 scientific
publications. Beyond the academics, his research and work on cloning of genes
is very remarkable making him the first person to clone genes in this part of
the world.
In a benevolent act, Dr.
Daniel Olukoya and his adorable God-fearing wife established the Daniel &
Fola Biotechnology Foundation, a registered NGO, to train young Nigerian
citizens in molecular biology and biotechnology. This is an absolutely
outstanding effort from the unassuming man of God with a view to helping mostly
indigent youths.
It’s no gain saying
that the pastor and founder of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries values
people’s lives more than any material thing in the world and cherishes education so much so that he
sponsors thousands of students on scholarship, privately, through his
ministries.
It is, therefore,
indisputable that he is an honourable man that deserves the great honour from the
University of Lagos as he has also supervised over 30 PhD students, most of who
are presently doing very well in their chosen fields around the world.
Those in the know, say
it is not a surprise that the Governing Council and Senate of the University has
identified Dr. Daniel Kolawole Olukoya as befitting of being conferred with an
honorary doctorate degree at this year’s convocation ceremony where the citadel of
learning, will also be graduating 12,811 students this year.
Apart from the acclaimed
scholar and clergyman, Dr. D.K Olukoya, other notable personalities such as Mr.
Jim Ovia, the founder of Zenith Bank and Mr. Lateef Okunnu, the former Minister
of Works and Housing in Nigeria would also be conferred with honors.
On record, Dr. D.K
Olukoya has received many awards such as: Special Awards for Excellence in
Research and Administration (SAFERA 2012); Top Great African Achievers Leader’s
Legacy Awards, South-Africa 2013; Outstanding Christian Leader’s Awards, Quintessence
African Leader of Integrity Merit Award 2014; Humanitarian Personality of the Year
2013 Award; Merit Award at the 6th Herbert Macaulay Memorial
Lecture; United Nations Humanitarian International Award; Zik Legacy Prize for
True Leadership National Award; The Distinguished African Icon Award 2015 and
many more.
To Dr. Olukoya, beyond
his degrees and awards, the preacher of the word of God believes that the most
important thing today is to ensure that those firsts in God’s kingdom do not
become the last and miss salvation.
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