Church offers succour to inventor, first class graduate
AN inventor, Mr. Kehinde Durojaye and a University of Lagos (UNILAG)
Electrical/ Electronic Engineering First Class graduate, Miss Olayinka
Oduwole, have been offered lifelines by Pastor Temitope Balogun Joshua
of The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN). They got the succour
during a service at the Ikotun-Egbe, Lagos headquarters of the church.
Speaking on the occasion, Oduwole, a youth supervisor at the church,
who started attending SCOAN when she was five years old, remarked: “I
finished secondary school at the age 15 and immediately gained
admission into the university. I still recollect how the Prophet would
come into our midst, counsel us, tell us about his life history, the
challenges he faced and encourage us to be the best we can be. This has
really motivated and inspired me.
“During my final year, the man of God called me and specifically
told me that he wanted me to finish with a first class result. I was
surprised and told him I was struggling between first class and second
class upper. Prophet Joshua gave me anointed water and I read as if
everything depended on it. When the grades came out, even in courses
where others were failing, I had an ‘A’ and when my results were
compiled, I finished with a first class result.”
At that point, the clergyman declared that the ministry would sponsor
her to the best university in the world for her Masters Degree.
On his part, Durojaye said he was named a professor in 1991 shortly
after the visit of the then military President, General Ibrahim
Gbadamosi Babangida, came to an exhibition where his projects were
displayed. Kehinde is at present a researcher and lecturer at UNILAG.
Speaking on one of his inventions, a land-and-sea vehicle, also
referred to as an amphibian vehicle, he stated that he was able to put
some materials together to present a faint glimpse of the idea of what
he had in him. He added: “This is a new initiative that I invented. I
only designed this one to move on land and sea. I started the building
of this project right from my childhood. You can call it amphibian jet
or a land-and-sea vehicle. I picked some of the materials I used from
the refuse bin. I am loaded but because of poverty, I cannot help
myself. If I should sit down, I will grow old and will not be able to do
all these things. So it is better for me to just go out to struggle.
“I got to The Synagogue Church of All Nations through what I
heard the man of God has been doing around the world. I was told he has
been assisting people with talent and I believe God is going to use him
to help me. I know he is going to help me to shoot this project and
reveal it to the world. I am a beneficiary of what the prophet has done
for my community in Bolorunpelu, Lagos, where he provided two
transformers for the community.”
By Tope Templar Olaiya
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