Govts Alone Can’t Provide Education forYouths, Says Foursquare GO

General Overseer, Foursquare Gospel Church, Nigeria, Rev. Sam Aboyeji, yesterday said the government alone could not provide education for the youths in the country, calling on Nigerians to join hands with the church to do its own part.

Aboyeji, the visitor to the institution, said joining hands with the church would serve as a way of complementing efforts of the government towards giving the teeming youths in the country qualitative education to attain greater heights in life.

Aboyeji made the remarks at the seventh convocation of McPherson University, Seriki

Sotayo, Ogun State.

He maintained that nongovernmental organizations and well meaning individuals in the society should participate in funding and providing infrastructural support that would engender suitable learning environments in universities across the nation.

He noted that the Foursquare Church had been subsidising school fees of the students by almost 100 per cent and also giving additional rebates and scholarships to them so as to achieve academic excellence.

Aboyeji said the church has strived to build a world class university that is committed to churning out graduates with competence and suited to tackle the challenges facing the country.

He however called on the graduates to focus on their pursuit of excellence and not to rest on their oars until they are counted among the best, urging them to be worthy champions and ambassadors of the university wherever they find themselves in years ahead.

Also at the convocation, the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Francis Igbasan said 10 students made First Class Honours, 57 are in the Second Class Upper Division, while 32 graduated with Second Class Lower Division and others fall into the Third Class category.