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By Adeola Ogunlade
General Overseer of God’s Mercy Revival Ministries (GOMERM), Dr. James Akanbi has accused the Federal Government of unfolding a hidden agenda against the body with the recent signing of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020 into law by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Speaking with journalists in Lagos, Akanbi said CAMA is a confirmation and establishment of the suspicion, which the church has long had about the government that it was looking for every means possible to cow the church.
Explaining that financial probity and accountability which the law seeks to achieve isn’t bad in itself, the cleric said that the way the government went about the matter shows it has an ulterior motive.
“The Federal Government has been extremely insincere. That’s the honest truth. And it has gone a long way to establish the fact of the suspicion which the church has against the government which is that it has a hidden agenda against the church in Nigeria,” Akanbi began.
“Ordinarily, the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020 itself shouldn’t have been bad. Nobody is against transparency, or financial integrity and the establishment of a kind of governance procedure that will see to full transparency on financial matters.
“Nobody is fighting that in any way or accessibility to the figures. And nobody is fighting the fact of looking at the figures and giving advice where necessary. That’s certainly not the problem.
“The main problem why the church is shouting out and which the church finds very offensive is the removal clause in Section 839 (1) and (2) of the law.
“Yes, there was some legal procedure put in the law before removal. But it is vague. And the fact stands that the government cannot be trusted by the church in this regard.
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“A kangaroo arrangement can still be made and removal is done with little or no recourse to the proper procedure. Why, for instance, would a sweeping authority be given to the supervising minister to remove? That shows something is very wrong.
“It’s appears that they are looking for a way to remove the heads, and for me, I will say they are really hunting for some individuals. There are lots of churches in Nigeria. They are looking for key leaders just to be able to cow the church of God,” Akanbi said.
The GOMERM General Overseer tasked fathers of faith to resist the law vehemently.
“There is a gang up of hell against the church of Christ in Nigeria. Church fathers, persons like Papa Adeboye, Pastor Kumuyi, Bishop Oyedepo, Dr. Olukoya, the leader of Foursquare, the Methodist Church, the Anglican Church, the Catholic Church, all of them need to come together. This is not a matter for CAN alone. This is not a matter for the Pentecostals alone now. It is a matter for Pentecostals and the Orthodox churches. This is not the time for anyone to go and sit passively somewhere.
“All of them must come together, book an appointment with the President and go and drop their objections on his table,” he stated.
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