Controversial Nigerian Pastor T.B. Joshua of The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) has been named as the 2015 ‘Yoruba Man Of The Year’.
According to a report in the ‘Nigerian Tribune’, the honour was bestowed on him by the ‘Egbe Omo Oodua Parapo’, a coalition of 35 Pan-Yoruba groups drawn from across the world.
“We give this award to Pastor Joshua out of over 500 nominees screened by the Planning Committee of the Association,” Dr Akinwale Adewunmi, the Chairman of the award committee said in a statement following the group’s annual conference in United States.
According to Adewunmi, Joshua has added “honour and admiration to the Yoruba nation”, especially through his diverse philanthropic activities.
“We are proud that you are a Yoruba man with a global image in the annals of charity,” he stated, noting that Joshua’s charitable projects span 45 countries and aid ‘millions’ on a yearly basis, irrespective of their religion or ethnicity.
“Pastor Joshua started as a poor boy,” the statement added, acknowledging the cleric’s uncanny rise to prominence from a poverty-stricken home in Ondo State, Nigeria.
“He had no access to education neither did he enjoy any outstanding benefit from his society, yet he built himself. He educated himself and today stands out like a Professor in the greater university of life and living.”
It also cited Joshua’s contribution to improving Nigeria’s image abroad. “Across the world, many ask travellers from Nigeria: ‘Oh, you are From Pastor T.B. Joshua’s country?’ ”
The group noted that The SCOAN was arguably the biggest tourist attraction in the ‘South West’, adding that many foreigners would never have visited Nigeria if not for Joshua’s church.
“We are proud that this generation has produced a Yoruba man, a Nigerian and an African that stands this tall,” the statement concluded.
Intriguingly, T.B. Joshua has not been seen in public since his crusade in Mexico last May, over seven months ago.
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This is a well-deserved honour. If there is anyone who is currently flying the flag for Nigeria abroad, it’s definitely TB Joshua. His videos alone on YouTube are sensational!
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ReplyDeleteTrust me this group is fake and the award more fake than the group. TB Joshua Yoruba man of the year? I laugh in Russian.E be like say the guy wan his tori.he forget say im Yoruba people sabi talk history well well.he hia am now
ReplyDeleteAfricans, i cant see the logic behind this, 116 people lost there lives when his illegal building fell down and you are giving him an award ?
ReplyDelete.....and what will you about more than 100 souls who lost their lives in Mecca? Will you then declare that Mecca isn't a holy land as claimed by Muslim? So you gonna tell those Muslims to stop going to Mecca..
DeleteWell deserved honor
DeleteWell deserved honor
DeleteBravo Prophet T. B. Joshua. This is a well deserved honour. He is a great Prophet and a wonderful Christian.
ReplyDeleteAWARD OR NO AWARD, WITH WHAT PROPHET JOSHUA HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED TO THE WORLD, HE DEFINITELY DESERVES THE HONOUR BESTOWED TO HIM BY HIS PEOPLE. I CARELESS WHERE HE GOT THE POWER, THE FACT THAT HE CONSISTENTLY MENTIONED JESUS CHRIST WHEN HE HEALS, IS A SIGN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. IF PROPHET JOSHUA WERE TO BE EUROPEAN OR EXPATRIATE BASED IN NIGERIA, I AM SURE, NO ONE WOULD CAST SUCH BAD ASSERTION ON HIM. HERE IS A MAN OF GOD, WHO HAS PLACED NIGERIA'S TOURISM TO A HIGHER STANDARD. ASK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HOW THIS SAME MAN HAS BROUGHT ABOUT TREMENDOUS AND ENHANCED FOREIGN EXCHANGE TO THE COUNTRY. LET US SET ASIDE JEALOUSY AND FACE REALITY, SURELY, PROPHET JOSHUA IS AN ASSET TO NIGERIA NOT A LIABILITY. THE HONOUR GIVEN TO HIM SHOULD BE SHARED BY ALL AND SUNDRY AS SOUNDLY ACCORDED. TO THOSE WHO DECIDED TO HONOUR HIM, MAY PEACE AND HONOUR BE WITH YOU IN ALL YOUR ENDEAVOURS. AMEN! IN PASSING, I MUST MENTION THAT PROPHET JOSHUA HAS NOT DECLARED HIMSELF A SAINT BUT AS HUMAN JUST LIKE YOURSELF. HE IS BORN TO COMMIT INTERMITTENT SINS JUST LIKE ANY HUMAN BEINGS. LET US ALL ACCORD HIM THE RESPECT HE DESERVES AND LET THE GLORY OF GOD SIGNS IN ALL HIS EFFORTS TO PROPAGATE CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR.
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