US President Honours Pastor Olukoya, Wife

Sunday Okobi

The United States(US) of America President, Mr. Joe Biden, has bestowed on the General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (Worldwide), Dr. Daniel Kolawole Olukoya, with the US President’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

In a statement signed and made available to THISDAY by the cleric media aide, Collins Edomaruse, Olukoya and his wife, Dr. Shade Olukoya, also received from President Biden the ‘President’s Volunteer Service Award’.

The statement noted that while presenting the award to Olukoya and his wife, President Biden said: “I am proud to present you with the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of your 45,000 hours of service to this great nation.

“The American story depends not on any one of us, not on some of us, but on all of us. I congratulate you on taking it upon yourself to contribute to the public good, and I am proud to present you with the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of your hours of service to this great nation.

“Throughout our country’s history, the American story has been strengthened by those who combine an optimism about what can be with the resilience to turn that into reality. I know I’m not alone in recognising that those who are willing to step up and volunteer in service of community and country are essential to the ongoing work of forming our more perfect union.”

The statement further quoted Biden as saying that: “By sharing your time and passion, you are helping to discover and deliver solutions to the challenges we face – solutions that we need now more than ever. We are living in a moment that calls for hope and light and love. Hope for our future, light to see our way forward, and love for one another. Through your service, you are providing all three.

On behalf of the American people, I extend my heartfelt appreciation to you for your volunteer leadership, and I encourage you to continue to answer the call to serve. The country is counting on you.”