It was a sweet reunion, full of pleasant memories and testimonies as the Released Eagles (graduates of Covenant University), currently on National Service on the platform of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), flew back to campus this weekend from their different stations across the country and beyond for the inaugural meeting of the Alumni Association.
The three-day event, which started on Friday, April 06, 2007 with the arrival, registration and welcome session for the delegates by the principal officers of the University led by Vice Chancellor, Prof Aize Obayan and Registrar, Yemi Nathaniel and the Alumni Administrator, Dr Daniel Rotimi, was aimed at renewing and reinforcing the unique virtues impacted on the graduates as they forge a common front on how to take the Alumni Association to the next levels after its formal inauguration.
While welcoming the Eagles back on campus, the Chancellor, Dr. David Oyedepo, who painted graphic analogy of an eagle whom he said shed and grew wings once in a year, said the summit would, among other things, renew and make the delegates to soar higher than they ever imagined.
The Chancellor said the Alumni Association, like every positive association, would increase and advance those who associate with it, adding that like a battery it would also charge and keep them moving in the positive directions.
He advised the delegates to gun for change and transformation anywhere they found themselves, adding that the world was yearning for true leadership, which could only be attained by one’s sustainable impact.
The Chancellor also advised them to quickly locate their placement in destiny so as to make their journey in life sweeter. He urged them to rely strongly on the direction of the Holy Spirit in all they do in order not to take opportunity as a substitute for destiny.
While stressing the need for righteousness in all they do, he advised them to be bold enough to face the realities of their destinies and not to play down on the importance of good character or sell their birth right for a morsel of meat.
Dr. Oyedepo also counseled them on the need to make right choices in marriage. He advised them to ensure that their spouses are spiritually committed, saying that spirituality was the key to one’s destiny.
The Vice Chancellor who also welcomed the delegates back to campus, said their homecoming was very symbolic as it represented the roosting of the eagle for renewal.