BEVERLY HILLS, January 9, (THEWILL) – The Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, has accused the federal government of rising against Christians in Nigeria with the Financial Regulation Council Act that prompted General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, to take up a global role in the church.
Claiming that the Financial Regulation Council Act has tampered with the administration of churches in Nigeria, he warned the government against its continued implementation.
Based on the new law, Pastor Adeboye, on Saturday stepped down as the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, in Nigeria and named a new Nigeria head for the church.
Financial Regulations Council, FRC, had stipulated a maximum retirement period of 20 years or an age limit of 70 years, whichever comes first, for the heads of all registered churches, mosques, and civil society organisations.
The FRC Act could soon force other clergymen like Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church Worldwide International a.k.a. Winners Chapel, Pastor William Kumuyi of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry and Bishop Mike Okonkwo of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission, among others to retire as the heads of their churches in Nigeria.
Criticising the law during his wife’s 53rd birthday thanksgiving service in Ado Ekiti, on Sunday, Fayose warned that the federal government will incur the wrath of God for “meddling” in the affairs of the church and for ignoring the “killings of Christians in southern Kaduna”.
According to him, “There is one thing every government must not do, the moment you face the church of God, you will fail.
“The God of Adeboye, Kumuyi will bring down all the enemies in this government. Somebody must tell them, there are certain things you don’t do. They are going from frying pan to fire.”
The Governor accused the federal government of trying to subdue the church that they exploited to get into power,
“The APC is behaving in this way, but God is the creator of the ring and the hand…
“I have warned and I’m still warning: take your hands away from the administration of churches. You are killing Christians, the Lord will rise against you.”
“By rising against the church, this government has failed, as anyone that rises against God will fail. By using laws against the church, they have started to crumble,” he said.
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