The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God , Pastor Enoch Adeboye , has donated N 10 m to the University of Ibadan towards the construction of a new department of architecture at the school .
UI Vice- Chancellor , Prof Idowu Olayinka , revealed this on Wednesday at the 2018/ 2019 matriculation of the school . A total of 3 ,464 students took part in the ceremony .
He said the institution admitted 17 candidates from Cameroun , Benin Republic and Ghana.
According to Olayinka , the number of architects in Nigeria is less than that of Berlin.
He said , “We thank Pastor E . A. Adeboye , a great and long -standing friend of this university, for donating a sum of N10 m to support our new department of architecture . ”
The guest lecturer , Dr Yemisi Solanke-Koya, implored the newly matriculated students to strive for excellence .