Pastor Adeboye Says Jollof Rice Made Him Go To UNN – Bags Honorary Doctorate Degree

January 25, 2017

– Pastor Adeboye says jollof rice made him go to UNN in 1962

– UNN confers Honorary Doctorate Degree on Pastor Adeboye

The Global General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Pastor Adeboye was on Tuesday awarded an honorary doctorate degree of Doctor of Divinity, DD by the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN.

The cleric who was a student of the university in the 60s said he developed interest in the university after he went on an excursion with fellow students to the school in 1962. He said that jollof rice and chicken being enjoyed by the students of the university way back in 1962, made him to choose the UNN as a university where he would do his first degree.

Pastor Adeboye said that when he saw the way the students were enjoying then, he decided that if God permitted, he would come to UNN to study and the following year, 1963, he gained admission into the prestigious University.

Adeboye however regretted that he could not graduate from the University as he left in 1966 without a degree.

“I left UNN in 1966 without a degree. Sixty years later, I have gotten a degree from UNN, now not as a first degree but a doctorate degree. That is why I feel elated. I am overwhelmed,” he said.

Speaking at the occasion, Pro-chancellor of the University, Mr. Emmanuel Ukala, said that Adeboye deserved the honourary degree because he was a man of achievement.