Covenant University is a product of the Liberation
Commission that God gave to
Bishop Oyedepo in a
May 1981 vision-encounter. The drive to embark on
the process of founding CU came about October of
1999, one month after the dedication of Faith Tabernacle,
the largest church auditorium in the world, built
in one year with only local resources. As with all
segments of the main vision, Bishop Oyedepo immediately
kindled the fire for accomplishment of the new task.
By November 27, 1999, an in-house Consortium on
the take-off of the University was inaugurated and
by December 1999 the application form for a private
university operating license was issued by the National
Universities Commission (NUC).
As the activities of the Consortium
wound up early in 2001, an Advisory Council was
inaugurated on February 17,2001 to develop appropriate
structures for the take-off of the University. By
July 15, 2001, the verification team of the NUC
came for final inspection of facilities and programmes.
The outcome of that visit was the Federal Government's
approval of CU on January 16, 2002. This approval
was sealed with the presentation of the operating
license to CU on February 12, 2002, by which CU,
Ota, Ogun State, was authorised to operate as a
private university in Nigeria.
Not only was this approval the
fastest in the history of the 16 applications for
establishment of private universities filed with
the NUC (7 years being the next duration), but Covenant
University's assessment score was also the highest.
The foundation stone of the permanent
site was laid on Sunday, January 27, 2002 and construction
began diligently in March of the same year. The
first phase of development was completed eight months
later while the first batch of about 1500 students
was ushered into an ultra-modern university campus
after an early morning inauguration on October 2002.
A NAME WITH A MEANING
All over Africa, particularly in Nigeria, a great
significance is attached to names. Names carry meanings
and important messages. They reflect circumstances
of birth or events that occur in the environment
of that birth.
The word "Covenant" was chosen to express
the University's total commitment and vow to perform
its best in the process of making the Total Man
of all her students. It reflects the intention of
the proprietors of the University to uphold her
agreement with her students to facilitate the fulfillment
of their desires for excellence and career exploits
by offering them the best in educational development
and, thereby, offering their parents and guardians
the best value for their investment in their children.
It is also common knowledge that every covenant
is ratified by blood and, as a mission-sponsored
university, we consider the blood of Jesus Christ,
which is the blood of the everlasting covenant,
as our stronghold for the fulfillment of this awesome
obligation.
Covenant University vows to transform her products,
that is, her graduates as, into expert thinkers,
unusual managers, and hyper-resourceful technocrats
in all fields of human endeavour. The University
is bound by an oath to achieve the highest standards
of educational service in the world.
Our commitment to creating the Total Man is a direct
result of this vow and agreement between students
and the proprietors of Covenant University
-Excerpt from a speech by Dr David
Oyedepo, Chancellor, Covenant University at the
inauguration of the Advisory Council on February
17, 2000.
