FEMI ALUFA POST: 82 famous quotes of Wole Soyinka as Nobel Laureate clocks 82

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You must come out of a Swan’s egg:Tips for Success to Rule your World

                       

 You must come out of a Swan’s egg:

                                     Tips for Success to Rule your World

Being  a paper delivered on Motivational Seminar Presentation at the Department of Computer Science, Crown Polytechnic, Odo, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State of Nigeria on Friday,30^th May,2014.

                                                   By Femi Alufa

When I was a young boy, apart from the Yoruba folklore of Tortoise told in our oral and written literature, my boyhood favourite story is a fairy story titled, The Ugly Duckling, children's story written by Hans Christian Andersen, (1805 - 1875), Danish writer of the 19^th Century. It is a story in which a cygnet raised by a duck is considered ugly until it grows into a beautiful swan.

 “The Ugly Duckling,” is the story of a young bird that is scorned and ridiculed because he looks different, is perhaps the most famous fairy tale told by 19th-century Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen. When even his own family turns on him, the unhappy “duckling” leaves home and encounters loneliness and hardship over the next year. But when spring arrives, the outcast bird sees his reflection in the water and realizes his true identity as a beautiful swan.

        My favourite quotation from that fairy story is:

It does not matter being born in a duck yard, as long as you come from a swan's egg.

What is the literary meaning of the Ugly Duckling: the Encarta English Dictionaries defined it as:

1. undervalued person or thing: somebody or something originally considered ordinary but whose  true beauty or value is later revealed or appreciated; 2. unattractive person or thing: somebody or something regarded as physically unappealing in comparison to others. [The Ugly Duckling, children's story by Hans Christian Andersen in which a cygnet raised by a duck is considered ugly until it grows into a beautiful swan is an allegorical autobiography.] If you want to succeed in life, or You want to live your dreams and rule your world; Don’t settle to be an Ugly Duckling. Life will not give you easily what you bargain for, but you must never say die to life. A winner never quits, and a quitter never wins in the game of life and of success, but you must quit being an Ugly Duckling. Don’t stay in a position, embrace CHANGE. Remember, Newton first Law of motion: Every object will be in a state of rest, until an external force impressed on it. The principle of changeability helped the ugly duckling to discover his purpose and realize his true identity.

      I will digress back to the Holy Bible, the book of books, on my honour as a Christian, God created man in the Genesis, He created us to have dominion over all the living and non-living things in the world. (Genesis1:26), even after the fall of man at Eden, and the great flood of Noah, man used his power of imagination to built the first skyscrapers at the tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-6).The Bible is full of stories of great men and women who did excellently and performed extraordinarily in their times because they don’t settle to be an Ugly Duckling.

There was an Ugly Duckling in the Bible, his mother named him Jabez, because she bare him with sorrow, but Jabez refused to be an Ugly Duckling when he prayed and changed his destiny for better and he became more honourable than his brethren when he called on the God of Israel;        (1 Chronicles 4:9-10).I will encourage you to have faith in God, and in particular you must be connected to Him, without God you are nothing. Don’t be restless in the journeys of life; have your rest in Him, you will succeed. Remember what God said in the book of Jeremiah 29:11;

       For I know the thoughts I think toward you, said the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil to give you an expected end.

The life of 90 percent of the successful men and women in the world is like the story of the Ugly Duckling but they came out of a Swan’s egg; Ask Bill Gates, the richest man in the world today and a computer guru, he was drop out of school. He was ridiculed like the Ugly Duckling but he comes out of a Swan’s egg. Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in the Apartheid prison before he became a legend; African first man of the millennium; he now belongs to the ages.

Another Ugly Duckling is Barack Obama, you all know him today as a global role model, and I like his story as that of the allegorical ugly duckling; he was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father, also named Barack Obama, belonged to the Luo tribe of Kenya, where he grew up in a small village. His father won a government scholarship to study abroad and was the first African student at the University of Hawaii. There he met Ann Dunham, a fellow student originally from Kansas. She had moved to Hawaii with her parents in 1959. The young interracial couple married in 1960, when miscegenation was still illegal in more than half of the United States.

          When Obama was 2 years old, his father left to pursue a doctorate at Harvard University on another scholarship and eventually returned to Kenya, where he worked as a government economist. Obama and his mother stayed in Hawaii until her second marriage to an Indonesian man brought a move to Jakarta when Obama was 6 years old. There, Obama witnessed the extreme poverty of a developing country. His mother strongly encouraged his education, personally teaching him English lessons from a U.S. correspondence course to supplement his Indonesian schooling. At the age of 10, Obama returned to Hawaii to attend a prestigious college-prep academy, the Punahou School, and live with his grandparents. Obama would later recall that his admission to the academy “heralded something grand, an elevation in the family status …” for his working-class grandparents.

In 1999, after only three years in politics, Obama made an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. House of Representatives, running against the incumbent Democrat from Illinois, Bobby Rush. Obama tried for Congress again in 2004, this time setting his sights on the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Peter Fitzgerald.

He believes there is “a set of core values that bind us together as Americans.” This philosophy stood in stark contrast to the divisive politics of his opponents.

The Democratic Party noted Obama’s success, inviting him to be the keynote speaker at the party’s national convention held in Boston in July 2004. His speech at the convention catapulted Obama into the national spotlight, giving television viewers nationwide a first glimpse of the charismatic “rising star” from Illinois.

          In his keynote address Obama offered his personal story as an example of the American dream, stating: “My parents shared not only an improbable love; they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or ‘blessed,’ believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success. They imagined me going to the best schools in the land, even though they weren’t rich, because in a generous America you don’t have to be rich to achieve your potential.”

Obama became a United States Senator as a Democrat representing Illinois in 2004. In early 2007 he announced his candidacy in the U.S. presidential elections scheduled for 2008, entering the field of contenders for the Democratic Party nomination.

Obama’s autobiography, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (1995), became a bestseller during his 2004 campaign for the U.S. Senate. Obama’s second book, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (2006), expounds on some of the themes in his 2004 keynote address. In November, 2008 Obama won the American Presidential election and became the first African-American to become the President of the United States, the world most powerful nation. The Story of Obama is like that of the Ugly Duckling but he comes out of a swan’s egg; A black man who rules his world in spite of all odds.  

Finally, As students you must THINK BIG, If you want to be successful in your academics, don’t settle for average, only the best is good enough for you; it is by thinking big that you can rule your world. Dr. Benjamin Carson (Ben Carson), the world renowned Neuro-surgeon and motivational author in his book, Think Big, wrote this acronym for THINK BIG, which I will recommend for you as a formula for Success:

T-Talent, H-Honesty, I-Insight     N-Nice, K-Knowledge, B-Book, I-In-depth- Knowledge, G-GOD.

         I will also recommend that you buy the book, THINK BIG and read other motivational books by great authors, because it is by Thinking Big that you can rule your world. Do not stop learning, even when you leave school, Read-Read-Read; Readers are leaders. The late sage Chief Obafemi Awolowo said: Education remains the best and finest to give to an individual. Education is a weapon of liberation from ignorance, poverty and disease; today we are talking about the knowledge economy and information and knowledge-driven world which is at the heart of education, science and technology. The poor man is not the one who has no money but the man who stop learning and who refuse to change his world. If you want to succeed in life and become what you want to become; you must be the change to see in your world, you must come out of a Swan’s egg like the Hans Andersen’s Ugly Duckling. Rule your world. May God bless you with anointing to rule your world. It is anointing that breaks the yoke, ridicules life obstacles and change destiny for better.

God anointed Jesus , the carpenter of Nazareth and the greatest Ugly Duckling that come out of a swan’s egg, he was born in the manger in Bethlehem of Judea, he later become the center figure of history, his story is the greatest story ever told, and you know the rest of  the Good News story.    Be connected to Him today. You will succeed and your life will be change for better, forever. Amen. Remember my favourite quotation from the Hans Andersen’s Ugly Duckling:

      It does not matter being born in a duck yard, as long as you come out of a swan’s egg.    

                                     Thank you and God bless you all.

Good Friday,Good News, and Jesus' resurrection.

Good Friday, good news, and Jesus' resurrection.
Good News Extra:Jerusalem,Good Friday,AD 29
JEWISH REBEL EXECUTED
On this day Roman Authorities executed the popular preacher of Nazareth,Jesus Christ on charges of sedition and treason .He was arrest and tried by Governor Pontius Pilate who gave a verdict that "He was blameless" but the people want him dead and to be hanged on the cross.Why the cross! But the death of the cross of JESUS of Nazareth has proved to be the greatest event in history and the cornerstone of our christian faith.
It's

Good Friday, good news, and Jesus' resurrection.
"My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness."-Hymn-writer Edward Mote.
At first glance, Good Friday seems like the ultimate misnomer. If Jesus suffered and died on this day, then why is it called Good Friday?
On one level, the answer is about the meaning of words.
The term "Good" as applied to Good Friday is an Old English expression meaning holy. It's often called Holy Friday also.
But in another sense, Good Friday is always tied to Easter Sunday, which is a joyful celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. He could not have been resurrected if he had not died first.
C. H. Spurgeon said it clearly: "My hope is not because I am not a sinner, but because I am a sinner for whom Christ died. My trust is not that I am holy, but that Christ died for me. My rest is here, not in what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know; but in what Christ is, in what Christ did, and is still doing as He stands before yonder throne of glory."
The whole process of human salvation is ascribed in the New Testament to the substitutionary life and death of Jesus Christ. At the moment Jesus died, the foundation of our salvation was finally completed. The work of salvation was finalized when Jesus cried, "It is finished!" Nothing more needed to be done.
The death of Jesus Christ was a substitutionary sacrifice that atoned for sin. Christ died in the place of sinners. Christ suffered the just punishment for our sin.May the reasons for Christ death on the cross brings fulfillment to your lives.Happy Good Friday.

TRIBUTE TO A GREAT TEACHER

TRIBUTE TO A GREAT TEACHER

Celebrating Chief Oye Jegede @ 80

by Femi  Alufa

”A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” - Henry Brooke Adams

A teacher is someone that imparts us with knowledge,wisdom and skill.Their instruction,and training gives us a new and better experience in our study and approach to life,their impart to knowledge and humanity is unquantifiable,may God bless them and reward them of their good fruits of their labour here on earth for heavens sake.

Our Lord Jesus Christ is respected in many circles as a great teacher because of the level of his profound influence during his days till date.Julius Nyerere,the former president of Tanzania was also revered by many of his countrymen as a great leader and teacher,they called him "Mwalimu”. A Swahili language word for "a great teacher",even the Africa first man of the millennium,former South African President Nelson Mandela is reverred by his tribal name of "Madiba",meaning a great leader and teacher.

Chief Oye Jegede is not a global phenomenon but he is a great teacher in the part of my world.He is a hero,a hero may not be a national or global icon but a star in somebody's sky that brighten and guide ones path.

1936 is very significant in the local calendar of Ijero district of the present Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State of Nigeria because it was the year of the first census in Ijero district (male adult only) and the celebration of odun Jubilee (50th year celebration of the signing of peace treaty at Kiriji(Ekitiparapo) War in 1886),the 1930s era also mark the begining of the Ekiti people awaken to western education as teachers,native pastors  and catechists  and more importantly at Ilukuno- Ekiti; Chief Joseph Oyelade Jegede,was born on January 2nd 1936  to the royal house of Eesalokuno of Ilukuno -Ekiti in Ijero district of Ekiti State, he would become a great teacher in his generation, a  Yoruba word that means "Oga Tisha”.

Chief Oye Jegede is an excellent teacher of almost five decades; a graduate of Yoruba Language from the premier University of Ibadan,the former Vice Principal Doherty Memorial Grammar School (DMGS) Ijero-Ekiti and the Principal of Community Secondary School,Ipoti-Ekiti until his retirement from civil service of old Ondo State in 1994 is an exemplary teacher of teachers and a builder of eternity.I am one of the students who drank from his fountain of knowledge and his influence has imparted myriads of Nigerian students and professionals directly and indirectly till today because a teacher is a nation builder and change agent in every generations.

There is no such person as a self-made man or individual,we owe most of our success in life to someone as a mentor,inspirer and influencer.This is where a teacher come to the fore as person who helped guide us toward success because of their profession,they teach to give their best so that their pupils and students could learn to give their best in their pursuits in life  whatever their callings and wherever their stations in life.

We all owe our good teachers a debt of gratitude,a debt we cannot repay till grave but to appreciate of our own humanity and benevolent spirit from time to time in prayer,expression of love in words and deeds to them and their fruits in our journeys of life as a generous and thankful mind ,as a philosopher once said:”I am,because they are”.A Yoruba adage says,”eniyan lo wa nidi oro ti oro fi nke.”(someone is behind a roaring masquerade as a masquerade mask has no voice of its own.) We are all like a criminal masquerading like a respectable good citizen if we do not value the contribution of our teachers to our personal and collective lives as a people and society.

Chief Jegede as a father,teacher,community leader, nation builder and christian statesman is a lover of his children,students,community,nation and God and this he shows through his acts of selfless service and spartan discipline.He wants the best for his students and he did not tolerates truancy,lateness and any acts of indiscipline from his students at Doherty College,Ijero in those days.

If any student misbehaved,he would correct him/her constructively with his good sense of humour unless such student proved to be adamant which could led to a  punitive stroke of cane. If you are a fellow that he knows your parent,you may not escape his humourous chastisement when he would tell you saying:”You cannot escape from my cane,Aba re(Your father) I know him,Eye re (Your mother) I know her ”.This he would say and make you feel his sense of humour with Yorujero(Yoruba Ijero) diction,a mixture of Ijero- Ekiti dialect and Lagos Yoruba  Language ,you would laugh tired and sit right as a student too because the grand old teacher know your father or mother at home.

There was a school morning when we came late to the school on a early resumption date in the september 1986  because some students would still be cutting grasses and keeping the school environment çlean,The VP(Vice Principal) Chief Jegede in his "Ijapa ori oda” as "Volkwagen beetle car” was called in our Ijero-Ekiti locality would drove round the town and bestrode the land like a colossus,his fear and image that loom our horizon typified wisdom and discipline.

That day, I saw him in his ocean blued volkswagen "tortoise motor” car ,I dodged him and ran away  with other latecomers to the school.The VP would later said at the assembly ground on the next morning that:"  I saw many latecomer students in the town yesterday,won rimi, won gbeu.”(They saw me,they ran away).The VP is a cultured man who is very versed in Yoruba culture,language and a native eloquent speaker of concentrared Ekiti dialect with English code mixing to make a sense of humour.We all love him till today as a promoter of values and our cultural heritage in our local parlance.

Before I entered Doherty,we heard of the  case of the boarding students at DMGS in the early 80's that protested to the school authority because they were given Eko(maize pap) served with vegetable soup for dinner as a result of scarcity of bread in the town due to auterity measure and inflation that affected the importation of wheat flour and other baking materials into the country then.The protesting students were chanting aluta song:”Ebi npa wa,awa o je eko,Oga Alabi o nfi ebi npa wa...”meaning:"We were very hungry,we didn´t want to eat maize pap,Mr.Alabi the school principal was starving us to death...”The protesters were throwing empty cans of milk and bourvita,using it as a cymbal to protest and press home their demand with a civil disobedience to the school authority in a non - violent way.

As the incidence was reported, it took the olive branch committee of the school management headed by the VP,Chief J.O.Jegede to pacified the rebellious boarding students.The great teacher would later turned the whole school incident to a laughing matter with his "Yorujero” diction :..."Eyin akekoo,won ni ki e je ori,eleyin o je ori,nigbati a wa ni sukuru nigba tiwa,ori ati efo wuruwuru ti won fi uru si ni a nje”...meaning:..."You students,you were requested to eat maize pap,you were defiant,during our school days,maize pap and vegetable stew savoured with locust beans was our favourite delicious menu...”

This is a measure of a man of peace with ability to calm the situation with his good temper which many of our school administrators and many leaders lack today.

It is interesting to note that locust beans, 'Iru' or ' Uru' in Ekiti local dialect is a sort of special spices used to add flavour to stew and vegetable soup,the Ilukuno -Ekiti people,the nativity of Chief Oye Jegede are the major producer and marketer of this processed soup

 seasoning brand till date in Ekiti State and indeed Nigeria.Our governments and local investors should site a Locust Beans and Food processing industry in this locality to boost the economic potential of the populace.

Ilukuno is also special in the history of Ekiti Kingdom because it is an ancient town full of wealth during its formative years.Ilukuno means 'the town that is full of riches',the founder of Ijero kingdom,Ajero Ogbe had his first habitation at Ilukuno while coming from Ile-Ife (the source) before he later resettled at the present site of Ijero-Ekiti.Ilukuno has a significant place in the history of Ijero Kingdom.

The Holy Bible reminds us through the psalmist that,"the days of our lives are seventy years;and if by reason of strenght they are eighty years...so teach us to number our days,that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”Chief Oye Jegede is divinely blessed to attained the age  of divine strenght of eighty in our age when the average lifespan of a typical Nigerian is forty plus (40+) due to many unforeseen human,health and environmental factors.It takes God`ś power,protection,and provision to live long in this perilous times and I personally thank God for giving the Chief a robust health and a great sense of satisfaction at this fullness of age.

I also congratulate her heart throb and dear wife,Mrs.Jegede who clocks 70 and joins the septuagarian class which her dear hubby has just graduated from the very dawn of the year.I also convey my greetings to my friend and classmate of many years, the brilliant and elegant lady, Sade Jegede (now a wife and mother) and her siblings and the extended family of the Jegede's dynasty of Ilukuno-Ekiti

on the birthday of their lovely parents who are both teachers by their professional calling.May you the children, be greater than your dear parents and ancestors.

As the great teacher enters the class of the octogenarian,the winter of life which one should live with eternity in view steadily with a keen sense of the passage of time and work for something that will speak as a legacy.May God continue to uphold him to the end of this season of life.

Except for my parents,nobody I knew had been more interested in me and my academic progress as a school boy than my good teachers. Chief Jegede would be interested in your personal progress and cares about what happens to you as his student,this is what I experienced under his tutelage twice at Doherty College,Ijero-Ekiti and Community School,Ipoti-Ekiti.His humanity and influence is part of what made me what I am and admire him as a great reacher,father figure,inspirer and greathearted man.

Till eternity,I will remain thankful to my good teachers who influences me positively,the people whom God sent as angel investors into my academic life.

Chief Oye Jegede of Ilukuno-Ekiti is one grand old teacher like an oak tree,may God himself continue to be his presence,protection,peace,provision and power in his prolonged life.May God bless your posterity and may you finished well  in Jesus name.This is the happiness and heritage of those who trust in God.

Happy birthday to you sir at 80.You are our mentor,our inspirer and our influencer. A people you have not known shall celebrate your superlative greatness with their words in all generations.

To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude.We will continue to pay a debt of gratitude to our great teacher for showing the light for us to find the way.Thank you sir,Chief Oye Jegede, our grand octogenarian teacher of the great school, Doherty memorial where," in Education lies the hope of our fatherland”, and our country as it is written in our that alma mater's motto: "In Liberis spes Patriae.”

There will never be a great nation and great people, great school and great scholars without great teachers. 'Good people,Great nation' and people of the world,I am opinionated that the dignity of the nation builders should be revisited and restored;Teachers should be accorded their rightful place in that our nation's jumbo wage, honour's roll and hall of fame before the heavens hallowed reward.   

This is when and where the influence of great teachers like Chief Oye Jegede will never stop ...

Hip,Hip,Hurrah! Happy Birthday to you sir! and please accept my token of deep appreciation and toast of humble tribute to you.

 Igba odun,odun kan ni o,Baba Jegede.

- Femi Alufa.CEO,Herald Edumedia Services,Lagos is a 1991 alumnus and Library Prefect of Doherty Memorial Grammar School,(DMGS)Ijero-Ekiti,Ekiti State.He can be contacted via e-mail:femialufa2011@gmail.com.

Good News For You!

Good News For You! Illustration by Andrew Wright Step One God's Purpose: Peace and LifeGod loves you and wants you to experience peace and life--abundant and eternal. The Bible says... "We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Romans 5:1 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." John 3:16 "I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." John 10:10 Why don't most people have this peace and abundant life that God planned for us to have?   Illustration by Andrew Wright Step Two The Problem: Our SeparationGod created us in His own image to have an abundant life. He did not make us as robots to automatically love and obey Him. God gave us a will and a freedom of choice. We chose to disobey God and go our own willful way. We still make this choice today. This results in separation from God. The Bible says... "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23 "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23 Illustration by Andrew Wright Our Attempts to Reach God People have tried in many ways to bridge this gap between themselves and God... The Bible says... "There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death." Proverbs 14:12 "But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear." Isaiah 59:2 No bridge reaches God...except one.

Illustration by Andrew Wright

Step Three
God's Bridge: The Cross
Jesus Christ died on the Cross and rose from the grave. He paid the penalty for our sin and bridged the gap between God and people.
The Bible says...
"For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Jesus Christ." 1 Timothy 2:5
"For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God." 1 Peter 3:18
"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8
God has provided the only way. Each person must make a choice.

Illustration by Andrew Wright

Step Four
Our Response: Receive ChristWe must trust Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and receive Him by personal invitation.
The Bible says...
"Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me." Revelation 3:20
"Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God." John 1:12
"That if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9
Where are you?
Will you receive Jesus Christ right now?
Here is how you can receive Christ:
1.Admit your need (I am a sinner).
2.Be willing to turn from your sins (repent).
3.Believe that Jesus Christ died for you on the Cross and rose from the grave.
4.Through prayer, invite Jesus Christ to come in and control your life through the Holy Spirit. (Receive Him as Lord and Savior.)
How to Pray:
Dear Lord Jesus,
I know that I am a sinner and need Your forgiveness. I believe that You died for my sins. I want to turn from my sins. I now invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as Lord and Savior.
In Jesus' name. Amen.
God's Assurance: His Word
If you prayed this prayer,
The Bible says...
"Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." Romans 10:13
Did you sincerely ask Jesus Christ to come into your life? Where is He right now? What has He given you?
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast." Ephesians 2:8,9
"He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life." 1 John 5:12-13
Receiving Christ, we are born into God's family through the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit who indwells every believer. This is called regeneration, or the "new birth."
This is just the beginning of a wonderful new life in Christ. To deepen this relationship you should:1. Read your Bible everyday to know Christ better.
2. Talk to God in prayer every day.
3. Tell others about Christ.
4. Worship, fellowship, and serve with other Christians in a church where Christ is preached.
5. As Christ's representative in a needy world, demonstrate your new life by your love and concern for others.

DStv To Show RCCG Holy Ghost Congress As Dove TV Debuts On Channel 349

MultiChoice Africa is further expanding its religion genre with the addition of Dove TV, the official television station of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). The channel will launch on Thursday, 3 December 2015 on DStv channel 349.

Dove TV will broadcast wholesome family entertainment with high moral and ethical values that appeals to children, the youth and the elderly. It will also include live coverage of all the Holy Ghost Services, Annual Conventions and Holy Ghost Congress of the Redeemed Christian Church of God. Other ministrations of the General Overseer from countries around the world can also be watched from time to time, not to mention series of ministrations from anointed men of God.

This means that viewers can join the Holy Ghost Congress for the year tagged Floodgates Of Heaven from December 7 to 13 on the Dove TV channel.

Speaking on the latest development, Public Relations Manager, DStv, Caroline Oghuma said the addition of Dove TV was in line with the company’s efforts to provide a diversified range of content that will appeal to its different subscribers.

“We are pleased to have Dove TV join the DStv and MultiChoice family. We believe that this addition to our growing list of channels will enhance our subscribers’ viewing pleasure as well as expand our range of quality local content on our platforms”, she said.

Speaking further Oghuma said, “You will recall that in August we dedicated a channel for the special two-day broadcast of the 63^rd Redeemed Christian Church of God Annual Convention and now we are excited that the ministrations and other wholesome content from the RCCG will be a permanent fixture for our subscribers”, she concluded.

BOOK FOR LAUNCH

Members of the Public are cordially invited to this Book Launch at Redeeemers University,EDE,NIGERIA on 2ND DECEMBER,2015 BY 11A.M PROMPT.Twitter.com/amherald 1