Port Harcourt, Rivers State-based Omega Power Ministries (OPM) has concluded an arrangement toward the establishment of a tuition-free university.
The university to be called OPM Free University, according to the General Overseer of the church, Apostle Chibuzor Chinyere, will be run 100 per cent free of charge and it will be open to both Muslims and Christians from other churches.
The man of God, who is popular for his philanthropic gestures, said dedicated OPM members, as against visiting members, will have a 90 per cent slot, while 10 per cent shall be reserved for Muslims and other denominations.
Apostle Chinyere further disclosed that he has dispatched a professor with funds to Abuja to seek registration and approval for the university.
Apostle Chinyere also said that the university will be patterned just the same way it’s twenty free schools, two free world-class hospitals, one multi-skill acquisition centre and eighteen free estates, among others.
According to Apostle Chinyere, the professor handling the registration process has also promised to bring in some foreign professors that will train some of our Nigerian lecturers on how to teach using technology, not blackboards, free of charge.
While describing the university project as a “dream to come true”, Apostle Chinyere said the idea came about after realising the huge fund spent on training beneficiaries of his gesture.
“Just like the world-class well-equipped specialist hospital which started eight years ago, every week, through the Head of Welfare, Mrs Morine, we spent millions on people’s hospital bills. Then one day I woke up and said enough is enough we must build our own hospital and God made it possible.
“I will also speak to those American universities that gave me honourary doctorate if they can affiliate with OPM Free University, even if it means paying them monthly so that OPM Free University can be of a high standard. God, I return all glory to you”.
Meanwhile, Apostle Chinyere has directed OPM International Matron that from January 2023, no new intakes for OPM overseas scholarships due to the ever-growing dollar rates.
“So all those we just paid their school fees last week for Cyprus that will be travelling this month of August and those for Germany that will be travelling September are the last new intakes for the overseas scholarship.
“While others that are already in different universities across the world we will continue to pay their school fees and accommodations only until they graduate.
“You have to look for a small job for your feeding and clothes”, he stated.