Vocal cleric, Apostle Lawrence Achudume has condemned the the newfound craze by youths to make money at all cost without paying the price of discipline, hard work and integrity.
Achudume who is the General Overseer of the Victory Life Bible Church with headquarters located in Abeokuta lamented that the trend has turned many Nigerian youths to modern day ritualists and partakers of evil covenants.
The cleric spoke while delivering his homily at the Thanksgiving Service marking the just concluded 3rd Convocation Ceremony of Chrisland University, Abeokuta, where a total of 44 students bagged varying degrees.
He admonished the fresh graduates to beware of what he called “the yeast of the Pharisees” which centered on covetousness and love of money, which he stressed, is the root of all evils.
Quoting copiously from the holy scriptures, Luke 12: 15 and John 11: 41, the man of God counselled the graduating students not to be like the biblical rich fool who thought money is all that matter to life.
Achudume who commended the Management of Chrisland University for developing an entrepreneurship niche in its curriculum, expressed gladness that the institution’s products would not be joining the ever swelling rank of job seekers in the country. Rather, he said they are job creators whose potentials will greatly transform the nation’s economy.
He said: “One thing I know about Chrisland University is that they don’t just teach them to acquire certificate but they are trained to become entrepreneurs and job creators. I am proud that these are the crop of titans who will revolutionize this nation.
” You are all about to go into a world system that is not controlled neither by your parents or your school. Because of this, you must insulate yourselves from covetousness and unbridled desires which are the major pitfalls of many youths”
Also speaking at the event, the Chancellor and Founder of the University, High Chief (Mrs) Winifred Awosika expressed gratitude to God for his munificence over the institution, pledging to devote more funds for developmental projects on campus to make life more convenient for students.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof Chinedu Peace Babalola disclosed that the University has recently secured 100 percent NUC accreditation for virtually all the courses offered by the University.
Prof Babalola also said the institution is gearing up efforts to commence its Law programme as soon as the necessary accreditation and facilitations were achieved while its other programmes in Nursing, Physiotherapy, Medical Laboratory Science, Anatomy and Mass Communication are currently top in scale.
