[Updated] Adeboye appoints Obayemi as RCCG General Overseer

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God , Pastor Enoch Adeboye , on Saturday appointed a new General Overseer for the RCCG Nigeria as he retires, ahead of his 75 th birthday on 2 March .
The new GO is Pastor Joshua Obayemi .
Adeboye was born on March 2 , 1942 , in Ifewara , Osun State.
Pastor Adeboye 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 , Rev . Josiah Olufemi Akindayomi , from Yoruba into English .
In 1981 , Adeboye was appointed General Overseer of the church .
He took over from Papa Akindayomi , who had died the previous year .
For three years he performed the role part- time , still lecturing at Ilorin.
He finally gave up his university position to preach full - time.
The church , which was not well known prior to Adeboye ’ s ascendance has grown phenomenally , to become Nigeria ’ s biggest , with branches globally in about 190 countries , including more than 14 , 000 in Nigeria .
Adeboye has stated that his aim is to put a church within five minutes of every person on Earth.
He married Adenike , now 68 in 1967 . She was born on 13 th July 1948 .
Obayemi was appointed the new GO at the Annual Ministers Thanksgiving at Shimawa , in Ogun State .
The newly appointed GO was the former Special Assistant to the General Overseer on Finance.
Adeboye also appointed Pastor Johnson Odesola , who was the Special Assistant on Administration and Personnel, as the church Secretary .