I want to use this medium to thank God for using Pastor Wole Oladiyun to be a blessing to me and my family. In 2006, I lost my dad and it was like we had come to the end of the road. All hope was lost; we didn’t know where to run to for help. But I bless the day my family discovered CLAM; we found a family in CLAM.
Words can’t describe how grateful I am to God for sending you to help us. From my first year to final year, God used you to be a blessing to me—spiritually, morally, financially, and to see me through university education. It hasn’t been easy but God has been faithful. I was comfortable because of the support I was getting from church. I was never involved in any form of cult activities. God kept me all the way. It isn’t easy for a church to sponsor people academically; I appreciate you, sir. Daddy, I pray that God will continue to bless you and your family. The oil of God on your life will not go dry. Thank you very much, Daddy.
I’m very grateful, sir.
– Uyime Oku, B.Sc Computer Science, University of Calabar, 2012
My father-in-the-Lord, Pastor Wole Oladiyun, I want to say a big thank you for making my dream come through. It is my prayer that the good Lord will honour every desire of your heart publicly, in Jesus’ name. Like oil on your feet, like a garment for you to wear, and like water for you to shower, may the Lord pour His grace and blessings on you continually in immeasurable quantity, in Jesus’ name.
– Emily Mfon Religious & Cultural Studies University of Uyo
I would like to use this opportunity to thank Daddy Oladiyun for the financial assistance granted me concerning my education. By the time I finished my secondary school education, my dad had lost his job, and my mum, a petty trader, was only struggling to support us. There was no hope of writing the JAMB exam, let alone going to a university.
All of a sudden, one day there was this announcement in church that the Senior Pastor was going to purchase JAMB forms for all those who couldn’t afford it. I was overjoyed as I benefitted from this scheme. I passed my JAMB exam and the UME, gaining admission into the University of Benin to study Philosophy. God’s servant, my father-in-the-Lord, paid my fees. May the Lord God continue to bless and keep you and your entire family, in Jesus’ name.
– Tolulope Unuigbe University of Benin
I graduated from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in 2011 with a first degree in Accountancy. This was made possible through the financial and moral support of God’s servant, Pastor Wole Oladiyun. I want to say a big thank you, sir, for all your concern, love, care and guidance. May the good Lord continue to strengthen you to do more for others, in Jesus’ name.
– Adekugbe Temitayo B.Sc Accountancy, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 2011
Baba Aladura, as we all call Pastor Wole Oladiyun, is my father, my friend, my pastor and my mentor. Daddy saw me through four years of first degree education at Covenant University, one of Africa’s most prestigious Universities, in 2012. I am simply overwhelmed. Looking back from where I started and where I am now gladdens my heart. Daddy made sure I lacked nothing throughout my four years in school, both spiritually and financially. Words are not enough to say thank you to you and Mummy for being such a blessing to me, my family and my generation.
God bless you, sir.
– Chioma Nwachukwu Covenant University 2012
Baba Aladura, as we all call Pastor Wole Oladiyun, is my father, my friend, my pastor and my mentor. Daddy saw me through four years of first degree education at Covenant University, one of Africa’s most prestigious Universities, in 2012. I am simply overwhelmed. Looking back from where I started and where I am now gladdens my heart. Daddy made sure I lacked nothing throughout my four years in school, both spiritually and financially. Words are not enough to say thank you to you and Mummy for being such a blessing to me, my family and my generation.
God bless you, sir.
– Chioma Nwachukwu Covenant University 2012
I want to use this medium to appreciate God’s servant and my father-in-the Lord, Pastor Wole Oladiyun, for the scholarship granted me through his Foundation, PAWOF. I am currently in my second year at Babcock University, Ilisan Remo, Ogun State, and studying Political Science. It is my prayer that the Foundation will continue to wax stronger and stronger, in Jesus’ precious name. I pray that the grace of God upon your life will not disappear, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Thank you, sir.
– Nkechi Grace Uche Babcock University
My name is Victor Oyelowo. I was born in Lagos. I had my primary education at Sherry Ville and Gold Valley Nursery and Primary School, Ojodu, Lagos. Thereafter it was to Federal Government College, Ikirun, Osun State. I graduated from the Redeemer’s University with a Bachelor’s degree (B.SC) in Actuarial Science in 2010. Shortly after, I went for National Youth Service from 2010 to 2011.
After my NYSC, I had the opportunity of working with a health service company. Having been trained in the Fine Arts, I got myself busy in the business of art from 2011 to 2013.
But in 2013, the enemy struck: I was diagnosed with a kidney problem. This meant I couldn’t eat, drink or urinate properly. I was immediately rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) where I had so many dialyses. Then the God of CLAM came on the scene. Daddy Oladiyun sent two women of God to pray for me and after a month I was discharged from the hospital.
Shortly after, I decided that I was going to further my studies, but five times I was denied a visa—without a genuine reason. Depression and thoughts of suicide started casting a pall over my life. But little did I know that God had other plans for me. It was in the midst of these trying times that Pastor Wole Oladiyun called and prayed for me. He told me that God indeed had other plans for me. He didn’t stop there but sent me to the best technology training school, New Horizon Technologies, to sharpen my programming skills. He even provided me with a laptop and other necessary tools to encourage me.
In 2015, during my training at the prestigious technology school I conceived and developed the idea of a global social network. I called it Grandery, meaning “a great place,” believing that I had a chance of changing the way people explore the world and share their experiences online. I also believe that someday, it will become the largest social network from Africa for the world.
Grandery was announced to the world on the platform of CLAM on Sunday 25 October, 2015 and that has been the beginning of great things. In just two weeks, the traffic on the network grossed over a thousand active users.
I pray that what God has begun here in CLAM, Nigeria, he will see to its perfection in the name of Jesus. And I want to sincerely appreciate God’s servant, the President of PAWOF, Pastor Wole Oladiyun for this caring platform called PAWOF, for this great opportunity, and for the grace of God upon his life. I bless the name of the Lord for keeping my life and enabling me to conceive this idea. Thank you, sir, may God continually increase your anointing, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
– Victor Oyelowo Web Programmer & Inventor