[Mhiz Rebecca]

The General Overseer of the
Redeemed Christian Church of God
(RCCG), Enoch Adeboye, on Saturday
appointed a new General Overseer
(GO) for the church as he retired
ahead of his 75th birthday on 2
March.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that the new GO is Joshua
Obayemi.
Mr. Adeboye was born on March 2,
1942, in Ifewara, Osun State.
He had his B.Sc. in Mathematics at
University of Nigeria Nsukka, and
subsequently got his PhD in applied
Mathematics from the University of
Lagos, and worked as a lecturer in
Mathematics at the universities of
Lagos and Ilorin, before going into
full time priesthood in 1984.
After joining the RCCG in 1973, he
began working to translate the
sermons of its then Pastor and
founder, Josiah Olufemi Akindayomi,
from Yoruba into English.
In 1981, Mr. Adeboye was appointed
General Overseer of the church.
He took over from Rev. Akindayomi,
who died the previous year.
For three years he performed the
role part-time, still lecturing at
Ilorin.