Ahead of the arrival of Pfizer vaccines into Nigeria the issue of trust still seems to linger on the heels of Africa being ba target for world population reduction with Africa being a target.
Thia vies has remained so strong even in religious circles one of the major strong hold of aggregation of people around the world and Nigeria will not be an exception in this case.
The situation has caused deep division over COVID-19 vaccination for some church leaders, leaving millions of their direct and indirect followers unsure of whether or not to thake the shot.
Some of the pastors encouraged their teeming members to take the vaccine, others have yet to make their positions on the matter known to the public, while some already instructed their members not to do so but to believe in God’s healing power.
General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye; founder of Kingsway International Christian Centre, Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo; General Overseer of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission, Dr Mike Okonkwo; Senior Pastor of Trinity House, Ituah Ighodalo; founder of Daystar Christian Centre, Pastor Sam Adeyemi, are some of the notable pastors in support of taking the vaccines
Those indifferent or who haven’t made any pronouncement for or against vaccination include the General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, Dr. Daniel Olukoya; General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, founder of The Sword of The Spirit Ministries International and President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Bishop Wale Oke, among others.
Top clerics who have made their positions known against COVID-19 vaccination are the General Overseer of the Living Faith Church International (Winners Chapel), Bishop David Oyedepo; the General Overseer of the Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman; Shepherd of the Household of God Church International Ministries, Pastor Chris Okotie; Founder, Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, among others.
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome believes the vaccine and the whole covid 19 thing is premeditated and pre-planned against humanity as seen in some of his videos on TikTok the social media app. Many wonder if he is right in his analogy… what do you think of this?.
Nigeria has so far recorded over 200,000 cases of COVID-19 and just over 2,700 associated deaths since the index case of the deadly virus was reported in the country in March 2020, according to figures by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC.
The Federal Government through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency has since been encouraging Nigerians to take COVID-19 vaccines in order for the country to achieve herd immunity.
The Federal Government also encourages religious and political leaders to take the vaccine to dissipate vaccine hesitancy among the populace. Some have wondered if Nigeria is just playing to the gallery or do they have verifiable facts of the alleged long term terminal effects of te vaccine… or is it being forced down our throats in a systemic fashion where access to banks, airplanes, schools, offices e.t.c will be denied? Senator Dino Melaye, a soothsayer of sorts last year predicts that this is the case.
Addressing congregants on Friday night during the monthly Holy Ghost service of the church at the Redemption Camp along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Adeboye in his words said:
“I have never said to you, ‘Don’t be vaccinated.’ You’ve never heard that from me. Rather than live in fear or doubt, get vaccinated. If you believe that getting vaccinated will put your mind at rest, then go ahead.
“Daddy, are you saying that you too could be vaccinated? If there are nations in the world that say that I cannot come to preach the gospel there because of vaccination, I will do anything for Jesus Christ.
“If vaccination or no vaccination is going to hinder me from doing the work God has called me to do, even if they ask me to be vaccinated 100 times, I will be vaccinated. So, don’t ever say that you heard from me that I said that you should not be vaccinated.”
However, Oyedepo had said that he wouldn’t get vaccinated, adding that he was not a guinea pig.
In May 2021, during the 40th anniversary thanksgiving service of the church in Ota, Ogun State, warned his members not to take the “deadly thing” called vaccine.
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