ABEOKUTA– The General Overseer of the Divine Universal Church Of Christ International, Itedo Ayo, Oke Berger-Idi Mango, Abeokuta, Rev. Dr. Olayiwola Mercy has described the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020 as a strategy by the federal government to claim churches from the owners.
Pastor Mercy while joining other Nigerian clerics to kick against the Act especially as it applies to churches, said the government is planning to put churches under its control.
Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari signed the CAMA bill into law in August 7 and since then many Nigerian christian leaders have been condemning the law.
”CAMA act is another strategy by the federal government to claim church from owner and to put churches under their control. If you will remember the two major parties that formed APC are Muslim party and people said it then in 2014/15 to their face but they denied it, Immediately it emerges as the ruling party, they said they want to have their own CAN president”
”But because they were not permitted to have that, they have been trying to hijack Christianity from back corridor.
”We know that this government is anti- christians and we are ready to defend our sweat.
”I think, nobody is greater than court, how can a sensible and responsible government placed a minister higher than court.
”I want to urge them to wake to their responsibilities by keeping their promises to the masses. If you ask them to mention one promise they made which they’ve fulfilled, they will not be able to do so”
”They should remove church from that law because church is spiritual.
They should make friendship with us because we are the strong pillar that hold this country”. He concludes
