The presiding Bishop and founder of Living Faith Church worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo has said that PhD degree is useless if it can't identify and solve problems.
He stated this while addressing PhD graduates of the Covenant University (CU) in Ota, Ogun state and urged people to come up with innovations that can solve problems plaguing the society.
Oyedepo said inability of the students to solve problems makes research programme useless. He promised to make funds available for researchers to help them identify problems and proffer solutions.
Addressing the young scholars, Oyedepo said scholars found it difficult to get the job done because they lacked thinking capacity.
He said: “I have come to provoke your potential. There is more inside you than the earned certificate. If you cannot think out solutions to problems, your PhD is a complete waste.
“When we say Doctor of Philosophy, we are saying master of thinkers; someone committed to finding solution to life’s problems. And until our learning translates to thinking, our PhD is zero.
“All that we have done going through the rigour of PhD is to ignite our thinking capacity. It’s so important that we have what it takes to recreate our country and the world.
“The gas turbine (at CU) was not working because Shell was on strike. So why can’t students of Chemical Engineering build reserves? Why do we look at problems as if we are not concerned?”
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