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Revealed: How Prophect TB Joshua Help Ghana Country To Win U-20 W/Cup In Egypt- Ghanaian Footballer Reveals

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4 years ago

May 1, 2020

News trending in Ghana this morning has revealed that Nigerian internationally renowned Televangelist and Prophet T.B. Joshua was the brain behind the success of Ghana’s U-20 World Cup-winning team during the Mundial Tournament in Egypt. Ghana won the competition at the Cairo International Stadium on 16 October 2009.

The game was the fourth time Ghana had played Brazil in a major final at youth level. The score before the match was 2-1 to Brazil who had won the 1993 U-20 World Cup final and the 1997 U-17 World Cup final (inspired by a fresh-faced kid going by the name of Ronaldinho). Ghana’s own triumph came courtesy of a 3-2 win in the 1995 U-17 World Cup final. The Tournament in Egypt gave the Black Satellites of Ghana an opportunity to make it 2-2 in the series. They did and the Ghanaians have not forgotten the roles of TB Joshua in this amazing victory.

One of the heroes of that tournament, Gladson Awako, in an Instagram interview conducted in Ghana explained how everything that would happen to the team at the tournament, the team’s pattern of play and strategies and the outcomes of the games were revealed to the Ghanaian National U-20 Team by T.B. Joshua who apparently was approached for prayers towards the team’s success at the World Cup Competition

It would be recalled that Ghana, one of West Africa’s football power-houses emerged in 2009 as the first African country to conquer the universe by winning the U-20 World Cup.

The young Ghanaians, coached by Sellas Tetteh went through difficult preliminaries but eventually got to the final against all expectations to face the almighty tournament favourite, Brazil.

The team then went ahead to stun the world with an amazing victory over the South Americans juggernauts on penalties with Emmanuel Agyemang Badu scoring the winner.

According to Gladson Awako, who incidentally was the nation’s Olympics team skipper, “TB Joshua told us everything about the tournament and it exactly came to pass.”

Awako said that initially, he didn’t know who the prayer warrior who always prayed for and prophesied to the entire team before each game was but he later discovered the man’s identity at the end of the tournament.

According to Awako in an interview with YAC Media Production via Instagram Live, “During the U-20 World Cup in Egypt in 2009, we normally gathered around the centre to pray. The coach usually made us speak to a man on phone. He would put the phone on loudspeaker so we could all hear and then pray and encouraged us to do what he told us. Most of the things he said came to pass especially the final. He predicted that we would get an early red card and also told us how we would arrange the penalty takers. All that came to pass.
“Honestly, I didn’t know who it was until we won the cup and they told us the man was TB Joshua’, he added.

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RMRDC: Making Giant Strides Under Prof. Nnanyelugo Martins Ike-Muonso

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7 hours ago

September 19, 2024

The Gleamer

By Joel Ajayi

As we embark on a journey, we always pray for an able, experienced, and courageous driver, pilot, or sailor depending on the means of transportation.

This is because the captain will have enough experience and boldness to navigate out of turbulence and to bring all the passengers and crew to the intended destination.

Interestingly, these fine qualities of ability, experience, boldness, and many more, abound in the man, Prof. Nnanyelugo Martins Ike-Muonso, who we all are pleased was appointed the Raw Materials Research and Development Council, RMRDC, the Director General/CEO by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu a few months ago. This is because he has brought his knowledge, ability, experience, and doggedness to bear in carrying out his assignment in charge of the Council.

The RMRDC, operating under the Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology, is pivotal in driving Nigeria’s industrial growth by optimizing local raw materials exploitation, development, and utilization. RMRDC, ab initio, was conceived as a child of necessity when Nigeria was reeling from the throes of global recession and plummeting crude oil prices.

Without an iota of doubt, today, the council is experiencing a transformation with massive innovation in raw material exploitation, development, and utilization, supporting business and industrial growth, and contributing to Nigeria’s economic prosperity.

Speaking during a press briefing on Tuesday, in Abuja to commemorate his 100 days in office, he said the council is laying a solid foundation through numerous innovations that will further enhance growth in the country.

According to him, “In the past 100 days, my strategic pursuits have been to lay solid foundations for enduring success in these goals.

“Upon assuming this position, I set five crucial deliverables which include, refocusing the Council as a premier research institution; Strengthening the Council’s productivity and operational efficiency; and Significantly improving the staff welfare to be the best in the class of similar organizations.

“Others include, Boosting the Council’s visibility and instituting remarkable culture change that encourages ownership and productivity as well as Strengthening and deepening the Council’s place in the international arena.”While speaking on his Achievements so far, the DG revealed further: “My first task, therefore, was to implement a strategic goal-setting for the Council’s staff to define and set out clear objectives and targets to be achieved by the Council within a specified period towards refocusing on this historical mandate. We unleashed five significant initiatives in that regard.

“The nationwide raw material data collection exercise that focused on technical and investment information to drive our mission forward.

“The restructuring and renaming of the former Technology Innovation Complex (TIC), at the Obasanjo Space Center at Airport Road, Abuja, to a Research and Demonstration Plants Complex (RDPC). This complex will be Africa’s first center of excellence in raw material research, featuring state-of-the-art laboratories, technology development workshops, and proof of concept demonstrations.

“We have reactivated the Council’s Journal and repositioned it internationally. The repositioned Journal of Raw Material Research (JORMAR) will host RMRDC’s researchers’ publications, which are crucial in promoting awareness, facilitating knowledge sharing, and informing stakeholders about the opportunities and challenges in Nigeria’s raw materials sector. “The collaboration with universities and academies will strengthen our capacity for conducting market-guided research, ensuring sustained workforce training while deepening our orientation in science.

“The council has reformulated a new template for all our research proposals to ensure and sustain a clear departure from the old culture of blue-sky and deliberately endless research.”Speaking further, Prof Nwanyelugo Martins Ike-Muonso stated that Staff welfare remains a top priority as an issue of unpaid salaries is settled as well as set up a comprehensive welfare program. “Similarly, we established the RMRDC Training School to sustainably build our staff and stakeholders’ capacity to further the staff welfare improvement goal.

“We are committed to openness, inclusiveness, and performance management and have initiated steps to continuously improve staff ownership, orchestrate transformative culture change, boost our corporate visibility, and enhance.

“To further strengthen our visibility and communication strategies, we are upgrading our media infrastructure, which includes the launch of the RMRDC online media platform, The RMRDC TV Online.

“Additionally, we are working hard to effectively enhance the intellectual property and patent portfolio of RMRDC from its current 40 to approximately 200 new patents within the next 24 months. This proactive approach secures valuable IP assets and positions the Council as a leader in innovation within the raw materials sector, contributing to Nigeria’s overall economic growth.“As well as launching an e-registration and certification portal to enhance transparency in the raw materials sector,” DG revealed.

He however reaffirmed his commitment to reshape the future of research, technology, and innovation, driving Nigeria towards an industrially vibrant and technologically resilient economy.

“As I mark 100 days in office, I boldly say that the Council is on the verge of rewriting its history.

“I believe that in no distant future, RMRDC will play a leading role in enhancing raw materials’ development to boost raw materials’ industrial trial processing and attain sustainable industrial growth in Nigeria.

The DG, however, applauded the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Chief Uche Geoffrey Nnaji, for his unwavering support and mentorship, saying the Minister’s leadership has been instrumental in the progress made so far.

In his opening remarks, the Directorate of Corporate Affairs, Mr Chucks Ngaha commended the hard-working DG who has weathered the storm further to put the Council on the ladder of more prosperity.

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